Youth Justice Board: Consultants

David Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many consultants the Youth Justice Board has employed in each financial year since 2003-04; and how many such consultants were paid  (a) between £10,000 and £100,000,  (b) between £100,000 and £200,000,  (c) between £200,000 and £300,000 and  (d) over £300,000 in each such year.

Maria Eagle: The Youth Justice Board does not normally hire individual "consultants". If consultancy services are required for normal youth justice business, specific companies are procured to carry out defined pieces of work. The consultancy firm then decides how many staff they employ to deliver the work and the appropriate pay rates.
	However, in specific specialist circumstances the YJB procure the services of named consultants to represent the YJB's interests in specialist matters, and to manage the delivery of specialist work, such as ICT. The table below shows the number of such consultants providing services to the YJB, per year and per
	amount received by these individuals.
	
		
			   2003-04  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 £10-100,000 27 27 16 28 69 59 
			 £100-200,000 0 1 2 7 21 21 
			 £200-300,000 0 0 1 1 1 1 
			 £300,000+ 0 0 0 0 0 1

Aylesbury Young Offender Institution

Rudi Vis: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many boys have been physically restrained in Aylesbury Young Offender Institution in each month since January 2009; and whether injuries were sustained by the young offender in each case.

Maria Eagle: Restraint is only ever to be used by staff as a last resort, when all other approaches have either not succeeded or would not be appropriate.
	Because of violent and sometimes dangerous behaviour, there are occasions on which use of physical restraint is unavoidable. We must consider the interests and safety of everyone in the establishment—other young people, staff and visitors—as well as that of the young person whose behaviour is causing problems.
	The number of incidents of control and restraint, together with the number and type of injuries sustained as a result, are set out in the table. The figures have been provided from records held at the establishment.
	
		
			   Number of C and R incidents  Number of injuries as a result of C and R 
			 January 12 1 
			 February 22 1 
			 March 29 1 
			 April 23 2 
			 May 22 5 
			 June 17 0 
			 Total 125 10

Convictions: Young Offenders

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many  (a) 10 to 12,  (b) 13 to 15,  (c) 16 to 17 and  (d) 18 to 21-year-olds were (i) convicted and (ii) issued with a caution for all offences in each police force area in each year since 1997.

Claire Ward: The number of persons found guilty at all courts and issued with a caution for all offences in England and Wales, by age group and police force area, 1997 to 2007 (latest available) are shown in tables that have been placed in the House Library.
	From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and warnings. These data are included in tables 5 to 8.
	The Government's strategy and reforms on youth crime are working the latest National Statistics on juvenile reoffending show that the level of juvenile reoffending is at its lowest since records for the frequency of reoffending began in 2000, with the juvenile reoffending rate down by almost a quarter between 2000 and 2007.
	Cautions and court proceedings data for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.

Departmental Contracts

Edward Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many facilities management contracts have been let by his Department in each of the last 12 years.

Michael Wills: The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) was formed in May 2007 by merging the National Offender Management Service from the Home Office with the Department of Constitutional Affairs and the Office of Criminal Justice Reform. Data in respect of the number of facilities management contracts was not therefore held centrally prior to this time, and was not subsequently held centrally prior to June 2009.
	However, a data collection exercise which concluded in June 2009 has determined that a total of 227 contracts for managed, hard and soft facilities management services are in existence across the MoJ.

Departmental Security

Danny Alexander: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many breaches of security have been reported at  (a) HM Courts Service,  (b) the Land Registry,  (c) the National Offender Management Service,  (d) the National Archives,  (e) the Office of the Public Guardian and  (f) the Tribunals Service in the last five years; and what procedures each agency follows when a breach of security involves the disclosure of personal data.

Jack Straw: Ministry of Justice (MOJ) records as incidents any breach of security rules or events that have resulted in or had the potential to result in the loss, damage or harm to assets. The total number of centrally recorded security breaches/incidents occurring within the last five reporting years for the agencies/offices requested are broken down as follows:
	
		
			   2008-09  2007-08  2006-07  2005-06  2004-05 
			 HM Courts Service 744 940 1,010 641 295 
			 Land Registry 77 82 76 92 77 
			 National Offender 8,538 8,800 8,621 8,740 8,419 
			 Management Service — — — — — 
			 National Archives 0 0 1 1 1 
			 Office of the Public 3 0 0 0 0 
			 Guardian — — — — — 
			 Tribunals Service 224 215 164 (1)— (1)— 
			 (1) Agency not created. 
		
	
	98 per cent. of the incidents occurred in prisons and courts. This needs to be put into the context of the challenges faced with work in the high-risk prison environment.
	The Ministry of Justice is applying the Government's Security Policy Framework to effectively, efficiently and reliably control risks across its organisation.
	This comprises the requirement for all areas to apply procedures for reporting security incidents robustly, including the identification and investigation of the departure, however minor, from all security procedures.
	The outcome is an evidently effective security management regime which in 2008-09 saw the lowest number of escapes from prisons to date; abscond performance is good and improving.
	Where incidents involve the inadvertent disclosure of personal data these include the requirement to involve managers and Senior Civil Servants within an hour of any potential disclosure being identified. The circumstances surrounding each potential incident are investigated and where appropriate disciplinary action is taken.
	These figures differ from those provided by me in a written answer to the hon. Member for Beaconsfield (Mr. Grieve) on 29 April 2009,  Official Report , columns 1327-28W. I will be writing to the hon. Member for Beaconsfield and will issue a corrected answer to be printed in the  Official Report.
	The figures in this answer include an additional 4,507 security incidents/breaches relating to operational breaches of security in prison establishments. These mostly relate to the smuggling of drugs into prisons.
	Drugs misuse as measured by random mandatory drug testing has decreased by 63 per cent. since 1996-07, principally as a result of an effective offender management and prisoner support regime, combined with prison governors deploying a comprehensive range of robust security measures to detect contraband and prevent its importation into prisons.

Director of Offender Management

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he expects the appointment of the Director of Offender Management in each region in England and Wales to be complete.

Maria Eagle: Appointments were made in eight of the nine regions in England and the one in Wales. The successful candidates took up post in late March and during April 2009.
	There is currently an interim, appointment in place in the north east. This post is due to be advertised in September with a view to filling it substantively by the end of the calendar year.

Drugs: Prisons

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what quantity of drugs of each type has been confiscated from prisoners in each prison in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Maria Eagle: To compile the data requested requires a lengthy and detailed interrogation of a National Offender Management Service (NOMS) database such that to answer this question would exceed the cost limit.
	NOMS is currently part-way through the roll-out of Prison-NOMS Information System and due to be completed in 2010. Although this new system will not be updated with old data, any new drugs incidents in prisons will be entered onto it, meaning requests for information such as this will in future be possible to answer within the cost limit and with relative ease.

Fraud: Forgery

Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been  (a) investigated,  (b) cautioned,  (c) tried and  (d) convicted for offences relating to fraud and forgery in each year since 1997.

Claire Ward: The number of persons cautioned, proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts, for offences relating to fraud and forgery, in England and Wales, 1997 to 2007 (latest available) is shown in the table.
	The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence.
	Proceeded against and found guilty data are on the principal offence basis. The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences, the offence selected is the one for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
	Information on the number of people who have been investigated for offences relating to fraud and forgery is not held by my Department.
	Court proceedings data for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.
	
		
			  The number of persons cautioned proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts, for selected offences relating to fraud and forgery in England and Wales, 1997 to 2007( 1,2,3,4,5,6) 
			   Cautioned  Proceeded against  Found guilty 
			 1997 7,156 24,114 17,006 
			 1998 7,401 27,418 19,753 
			 1999 7,204 28,434 20,303 
			 2000 6,180 26,881 19,222 
			 2001 5,764 25,764 18,282 
			 2002 5,335 25,014 18,141 
			 2003 5,484 24,739 18,019 
			 2004 6,033 23,552 18,140 
			 2005 6,936 23,110 18,449 
			 2006 8,024 22,705 18,186 
			 2007 8,587 24,170 19,932 
			 (1) The offence group of Fraud and Forgery includes 'Indictable only' and 'triable-either way offences', it does not include summary offences. 'Indictable only' are the most serious breaches of the criminal law and must be dealt with at the Crown Court. 'Triable-either-way offences' may be tried at either the Crown Court or at magistrates courts. (2) From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and final warnings. These figures have been included in the totals. (3) The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence. (4) Fraud and Forgery includes the following offence classes: Fraud by Company Director etc. False Accounting Other Fraud Bankruptcy Offence Forgery etc. of Drug Prescription Other Forgery etc. (5) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (6) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces (police forces only for cautions though). As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source: OCJR—E&A: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit, Ministry of Justice

Grants

Dominic Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many grants have been made by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform in the last 12 months; and what the total amount of those grants is.

Jack Straw: During 2008-09, OCJR made 174 grants totalling £49.9 million. Of this, £37.0 million was funding to Victim Support for nationwide services to victims and witnesses.

National Offender Management Service: Consultants

Neil Gerrard: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much the National Offender Management Service spent on consultants in financial year 2008-09; and how much was spent on consultants specifically for training and development purposes.

Jack Straw: Expenditure on external consultants by the National Offender Management Service in the financial year 2007-08 (latest available figures) was £6.9 million of which £3.5 million relates to HM Prison Service.
	The information requested for how much was spent on consultants specifically for training and development purposes is not held centrally and would involve a manual trawl of each unit responsible for this work at a disproportionate cost.

National Offender Management Service: Expenditure

Edward Garnier: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the outturn expenditure on  (a) the National Offender Management Service Head Office and  (b) the Probation Service was in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09.

Maria Eagle: The information requested is set out as follows:
	 Financial year 2007-08
	 Nation al Offender Management Service h eadquarters
	The Resource outturn expenditure for the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) headquarters in 2007-08 as published in the Ministry of Justice Resource Accounts was £1,114 million.
	Although the expenditure heading in the published accounts is called NOMS headquarters, the £1,114 million expenditure does not solely represent the administration costs of running NOMS headquarters. The figures in the following table show that the majority of the expenditure related to centrally managed front line services, including electronic monitoring, prisoner escort services and prison and probation property. Other services at the centre of NOMS such as the prison and probation ombudsman, HM Inspector of Prisons and Public Protection are directly related to front line services.
	
		
			  NOMS headquarters expenditure for 2007-08  £ million 
			 Administration costs 76 
			 Prison and probation property, estates and capacity planning 557 
			 Electronic monitoring 84 
			 Prisoner escort services (including Operation Safeguard) 212 
			 Other programme expenditure 185 
			 Total resource expenditure 1,114 
		
	
	The administration costs of running NOMS headquarters in 2007-08 were £76 million; or £151 million if HM Prison Service's administration costs are included. This is 1.6 per cent. or 3.2 per cent. respectively of the total NOMS resource expenditure.
	The £557 million expenditure on prison and probation property, estates and capacity planning relates to costs associated with the custodial and probation estate including: capital charges; estate management including major maintenance; and, where applicable, rent, rates, insurance and utilities.
	 The Probation Service
	The resource outturn expenditure for the Probation Service in 2007-08 was £845 million as published in the National Probation Service Consolidated Accounts 2007-08.
	 Financial Year 2008-09
	The information cannot be provided because the National Offender Management Service Agency Resource Accounts for 2008-09, and the National Probation Service Consolidated Accounts for 2008-09, have not yet been finalised and audited by the National Audit Office prior to their sign-off by the agency's director general.

Prisoners

Dominic Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how long on average a prisoner spent in  (a) production workshops,  (b) education and  (c) rehabilitation in each month in the last five years.

Jack Straw: The average time a prisoner has spent in  (a) production workshops,  (b) education and  (c) rehabilitation in each month in the last five years is set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Month  (a) Average hours per prisoner per month in workshops  (b) Average hours per prisoner per month in education  (c) Average hours per prisoner per month in rehabilitation 
			 April 2004 2.7 6.2 1.3 
			 May 2004 2.9 6.5 1.3 
			 June 2004 3.2 6.9 1.4 
			 July 2004 3.1 6.8 1.5 
			 August 2004 3.0 6.4 1.3 
			 September 2004 3.3 6.9 1.4 
			 October 2004 3.2 6.9 1.4 
			 November 2004 3.3 6.9 1.5 
			 December 2004 2.7 6.0 1.2 
			 January 2005 3.1 6.9 1.5 
			 February 2005 3.1 7.0 1.5 
			 March 2005 2.8 6.6 1.4 
			 April 2005 2.9 6.7 1.3 
			 May 2005 2.9 6.7 1.4 
			 June 2005 3.2 7.1 1.6 
			 July 2005 3.2 7.1 1.6 
			 August 2005 3.0 6.6 1.5 
			 September 2005 3.2 7.2 1.5 
			 October 2005 3.1 7.0 1.5 
			 November 2005 3.1 7.2 1.6 
			 December 2005 2.7 6.2 1.3 
			 January 2006 3.0 7.1 1.5 
			 February 2006 3.1 7.3 1.5 
			 March 2006 3.1 7.5 1.5 
			 April 2006 2.8 6.8 1.4 
			 May 2006 2.9 7.1 1.5 
			 June 2006 3.0 7.3 1.6 
			 July 2006 3.0 7.2 1.6 
			 August 2006 2.8 6.9 1.6 
			 September 2006 2.9 7.3 1.6 
			 October 2006 2.9 7.2 1.6 
			 November 2006 3.0 7.3 1.7 
			 December 2006 2.5 6.2 1.4 
			 January 2007 2.9 7.3 1.9 
			 February 2007 2.9 7.3 1.7 
			 March 2007 2.8 7.4 1.7 
			 April 2007 2.9 6.9 0.9 
			 May 2007 2.9 6.8 0.9 
			 June 2007 3.2 7.5 0.9 
			 July 2007 3.2 7.5 0.9 
			 August 2007 2.9 6.6 0.8 
			 September 2007 3.2 7.3 0.9 
			 October 2007 3.1 7.3 0.9 
			 November 2007 3.2 7.3 1.0 
			 December 2007 2.6 6.2 0.8 
			 January 2008 3.1 7.4 1.0 
			 February 2008 3.1 7.4 1.0 
			 March 2008 2.9 7.0 0.9 
			 April 2008 3.0 7.3 0.9 
			 May 2008 2.7 6.9 0.9 
			 June 2008 2.9 7.4 0.9 
			 July 2008 2.8 7.2 0.9 
			 August 2008 2.7 6.9 0.9 
			 September 2008 2.8 7.2 0.9 
			 October 2008 2.8 7.3 0.9 
			 November 2008 2.8 7.2 0.9 
			 December 2008 2.2 6.0 0.7 
			 January 2009 2.8 7.4 0.9 
			 February 2009 2.7 7.3 0.9 
			 March 2009 2.8 7.6 0.8 
		
	
	There is a clear drop in the level of activity from 2007-08 onwards. This is in part attributable to the existence of fewer activities following a review of the collation of data as well as its use to monitor and manage prisoner activity.

Prisoners: Assaults

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many  (a) prisoner-on-prisoner and  (b) prisoner on prison officer assaults have been recorded in each prison in each month of 2009 to date; and if he will make a statement.

Maria Eagle: The information requested is compiled on an annual basis.
	The figures for 2009 will be available in early 2010. However, I refer the hon. Lady to the latest information covering the years 2004 to 2008 that I have placed in the Libraries of the House.
	Violence in prisons is not tolerated. The National Offender Management Service is working with the police and the Crown Prosecution Service to ensure that perpetrators of violence in prisons are dealt with through the courts where is appropriate to do so.

Prosecutions: Metals

Tom Watson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been for offences under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

Claire Ward: The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates' courts for offences in relation to the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964, in England and Wales for the years 2003 to 2007 (latest available) is shown in the following table. From information held by my department it is not possible to separately identify prosecutions for specific offences detailed within the Act.
	These data are on the principal offence basis. The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences, the offence selected is the one for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
	Court proceedings data for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.
	
		
			  Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates' courts, offences under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 England and Wales,  2003 - 07( 1, 2) 
			   Proceeded against 
			 2003 5 
			 2004 5 
			 2005 7 
			 2006 5 
			 2007 5 
			 (1) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source:  Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Evidence and Analysis Unit, Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders: Manchester

Paul Rowen: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders from Greater Manchester were charged with each category of violent offence while under supervision by the Probation Service in each of the last five years.

Maria Eagle: The National Offender Management Service holds information on the number of offenders charged with serious further (violent) offences whilst under probation supervision for the years 2006-07 and 2007-08. However, this does not include all types of violent offence. The following table contains data on the number of offenders, managed by Greater Manchester probation area, who were charged with certain violent offences, where there was a requirement initially to notify the National Offender Management Service, in line with the Serious Further Offence Probation Circulars 06/2006 and 41/2006.
	
		
			  Notifications of serious further offence (violent offence) charges received by National Offender Management Service for 2006-07 and 2007-08. Serious Further Offence breakdown of Greater Manchester cases notified to NOMS PPU between 1 April 2006 —31 March 2008 
			  Serious violent offence description  Initial notifications received 2006-07  Initial notifications received 2007-08 
			 Aggravated burglary (section 10 of the Theft Act 1968) 0 6 
			 Aggravated theft 4 5 
			 Arson (section 1 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971) 10 9 
			 Attempt to commit murder or a conspiracy to commit murder 7 6 
			 Burglary with intent to (a) inflict grievous bodily harm on a person or (b) do unlawful damage to a building or anything in it. (section 9 of the Theft Act 1968) 0 2 
			 Causing death by dangerous driving (section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1988) 4 2 
			 False imprisonment 3 6 
			 Kidnapping 6 6 
			 Manslaughter 1 0 
			 Murder 9 6 
			 Other offences against the person 5 2 
			 Other serious violent offence 6 5 
			 Possession of firearm at time of committing or being arrested for offence specified in Schedule 1 to that Act (section 17(2) of the Firearms Act 1968) 0 1 
			 Possession of firearm with intent to endanger life (section 16 of the Firearms Act 1968) 0 1 
			 Robbery or assault with intent to rob (section 8 of the Theft Act 1968) 0 1 
			 Serious firearms offences (SFO) 8 22 
			 Wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm (section 18 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861) 40 57 
			 Total 103 137

Security

Dominic Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many breaches of security at his Department's Petty France office were recorded in the last 12 months.

Jack Straw: The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) records as incidents any breach of security rules or events that have resulted in or had the potential to result in the loss, damage or harm to assets.
	The total number of recorded security breaches/incidents occurring in 102 Petty France (MoJ HQ) for the last reporting year was 25.
	Most of these were low-level departures from security procedures by staff and none were assessed to be significant, for example not displaying their passes adequately. They were identified via enforcement activity/inspections. Remedial action was taken in all cases to address areas of non-compliance and ensure no re-occurrence.
	The MoJ is applying the Government's Security Policy Framework to control risks effectively, efficiently and reliably across its organisation. This includes a regime of education and awareness for staff/contractors, robust implementation of controls to manage risks to a reasonably practicable level and a physical security monitoring/inspection and auditing regime across it's HQ estate.

Security

Dominic Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many breaches of security at his Department were recorded in each of the last two years.

Jack Straw: The Ministry of Justice records as incidents any breach of security rules or events that have resulted in or had the potential to result in the loss, damage or harm to assets. The total number of centrally recorded security breaches/incidents occurring within the Ministry of Justice for the 2008-09 and 2007-08 reporting year is broken down as follows:
	
		
			   2008-09 
			 Information 394 
			 IT 922 
			 Buildings/physical 4,022 
			 Personnel 2 
			 Operational 4,745 
			 Other 269 
			 Total 10,354 
		
	
	
		
			   2007-08 
			 Information and IT 563 
			 Buildings/physical 1,882 
			 Personnel 0 
			 Operational 8,435 
			 Other — 
			 Total 10,880 
		
	
	Of the total, over 80 per cent. relate to incidents involving prisons and courts. This needs to be put into the context of the challenges faced with work in the high-risk prison environment. 2008-09 saw the lowest number of escapes from prisons to date; abscond performance is good and improving.
	The Ministry of Justice is applying the Government's Security Policy Framework to control risks across its organisation.
	Although, there has been a 43 per cent. increase in reported information and IT security related breaches/incidents, much of this is the result of the implementation of a robust information assurance programme. This has included the need for all areas to robustly apply procedures for reporting security incidents, including the identification and investigation of the departure, however minor, from all security procedures. The result is an evidently improving information security management system. This has seen a 70 per cent. reduction in the number or significant information security incidents/breaches between the two reporting years.
	The figures above detail a 47 per cent. increase in building/physical related breaches/incidents and 87 per cent. decrease in operational security breaches between the two years. 97 per cent. of these relate to either prison or court physical security operational breaches/incidents. The split is solely attributable to the change in the way HM Prison Service have assigned breaches/incidents to classifications between the two years.

Trespassing: Agricultural Land

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prosecutions for trespass on agricultural land  (a) resulted and  (b) did not result in a conviction in the last three years.

Claire Ward: Offences related to "trespass on agricultural land" are covered by sections 61, 63, 68, and 70 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994.
	The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts in England and Wales for these offences under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 are shown in the table.
	It should be noted that offences under the aforementioned statute and appropriate sections are not solely for "trespass on agricultural land".
	The found guilty column may exceed those proceeded against, as it may be the case that the proceedings in the magistrates court took place in the preceding year and they were found guilty at the Crown court in the following year, or the defendants were found guilty of a different offence to the original offence proceeded against.
	These data are on the principal offence basis. The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences, the offence selected is the one for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
	Court proceedings data for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.
	
		
			  Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for offences under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 Sections 61, 63, 68, and 70, in England and Wales, 2003 to 2007( 1,2,3) 
			Proceeded against  Found guilty 
			  Statute  Offence description  2005  2006  2007  2005  2006  2007 
			 Public Order Act 1986 Part II S.14B(3) as added by Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 S.70 Inciting another to take part in a prohibited trespassory assembly 1 1 0 0 0 1 
			 
			 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 S.61 Failing to leave land when directed or to return as a trespasser within three months 1 3 2 0 2 2 
			 
			 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 S.63 Failing to leave land when directed or returning within 7 days of the direction (raves) 0 1 13 0 1 9 
			 
			 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 S.68 Disrupting or obstructing a lawful activity or seeking to intimidate 60 36 87 39 26 69 
			 
			 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 S.63 (7A) and (7B) as added by Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 S.58 Committing an offence knowing that a direction under S.63(2) applies and making preparations for or attending a gathering (rave) within 24 hours starting when the direction was given 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 
			 Total  62 41 102 39 29 81 
			 (1) The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (2 )Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) The found guilty column may exceed those proceeded against, as it may be the case that the proceedings in the magistrates court took place in the preceding year and they were found guilty at the Crown court in the following year, or the defendants were found guilty for a different offence to the original offence proceeded against.  Source: Evidence and Analysis Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Ministry of Justice

Visas: Fraud

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions for offences of fraud in relation to visa applications there were in  (a) England,  (b) the East of England region,  (c) Essex and  (d) Castle Point in each of the last 10 years.

Claire Ward: The number of defendants found guilty at all courts in relation to visa application frauds for offences under the Immigration Act 1971 in England and Wales, the Essex police force area and the East of England Government Office Region from 1998 to 2007 (latest available) is shown in the table.
	The statistics given relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. For example, when a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
	Information for Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for the Scottish Executive and the Northern Ireland Office respectively.
	Information held by the Ministry of Justice on the Court Proceedings Database is not available at constituency level.
	Data for 2008 will be available in the autumn 2009.
	
		
			  The number of defendants found guilty at all courts for selected offences under the Immigration Act 1971, by area, 1998 to 2007( 1,2) 
			  Offence description  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			  England and Wales   
			 Person who is not a British citizen: obtaining or seeking to obtain leave to enter or remain in the UK by deception; obtaining or seeking to obtain the avoidance, postponement or revocation of enforcement action—sections 24A(1)(a), 24A(1)(b), 3 — — 9 106 169 117 136 146 74 83 
			 Entering the UK in breach of a deportation order—Section 24(1)(a) 4 5 2 1 7 7 7 6 7 6 
			 Entering the UK without leave—section 24(1)(a) 7 15 14 24 36 39 24 33 63 26 
			 Failing to observe condition of leave—section 24(1)(b)(ii) 5 5 2 8 1 2 1 1 1 — 
			 Sub-total 16 25 27 139 213 165 168 186 145 115 
			
			  Essex police force area   
			 Person who is not a British citizen: obtaining or seeking to obtain leave to enter or remain in the UK by deception; obtaining or seeking to obtain the avoidance, postponement or revocation of enforcement action—sections 24A(1)(a), 24A(1)(b), 3 — — — 2 3 9 11 27 7 1 
			 Entering the UK in breach of a deportation order — Section 24(1 )(a) — — — — — — — — — 2 
			 Entering the UK without leave—section 24(1)(a) — 1 — — — 2 — 1 — — 
			 Sub-total — 1 — 2 3 11 11 28 7 3 
			
			  East of England Government Office Region   
			 Person who is not a British citizen: obtaining or seeking to obtain leave to enter or remain in the UK by deception; obtaining or seeking to obtain the avoidance, postponement or revocation of enforcement action—sections 24A(1)(a), 24A(1)(b), 3 — — — 2 6 20 16 30 8 2 
			 Entering the UK in breach of a deportation order—Section 24(1)(a) 2 — — — 1 — — — — 2 
			 Entering the UK without leave—section 24(1)(a) — 1 — — 3 11 — 2 3 — 
			 Sub-total 2 1 — 2 10 31 16 32 11 4 
			 (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Figures given represent case that went through the courts on offences from all prosecuting departments including the police and Serious Organised Crime Agency.  Note: Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit.

Young Offenders: Reoffenders

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 
	(1)  what percentage of  (a) 12,  (b) 13,  (c) 14,  (d) 15,  (e) 16,  (f) 17,  (g) 18 and  (h) 19 year-olds who were released from each young offender institution in each of the last five years were reconvicted within a year of release;
	(2)  what percentage of  (a) 12,  (b) 13,  (c) 14,  (d) 15,  (e) 16,  (f) 17,  (g) 18 and  (h) 19 year-olds who were released from young offender institutions after serving a sentence for a non-violent offence were reconvicted within a year for a violent offence in each of the last five years.

Maria Eagle: Juvenile reoffending covers those aged 10 to 17. A release from custody could be from a Secure Training Centre, a Secure Children's Home or a Young Offender Institution. Data is not broken down by type of release establishment or by individual release establishment.
	The following table shows the frequency of reoffences per 100 offenders and the actual rate of reoffending for each of the last five years for which data are available. Those aged 10 through to 15 have been banded due to the small number of offenders in each of the groups.
	
		
			  Juvenile actual and frequency rates per 100 offenders for custody 
			   Age band  Number of offenders  Actual reoffending rate (%)  Frequency of reoffences (per 100 offenders) 
			 2003 10-15 133 78.2 424.8 
			  16 235 76.6 465.1 
			  17 418 70.8 435.4 
			  Total 786 73.8 442.5 
			 2004 10-15 209 80.4 461.2 
			  16 244 77.0 401.6 
			  17 362 73.8 397.0 
			  Total 815 76.4 414.8 
			 2005 10-15 195 80.0 463.1 
			  16 275 70.2 424.7 
			  17 374 71.7 370.3 
			  Total 844 73.1 409.5 
			 2006 10-15 200 83.0 463.5 
			  16 262 79.4 433.2 
			  17 355 71.8 349.0 
			  Total 817 77.0 404.0 
			 2007 10-15 171 78.9 407.0 
			  16 246 77.2 370.7 
			  17 361 72.3 328.3 
			  Total 778 75.3 359.0 
		
	
	The information on the re-offence of juveniles released from custody for non-violent offences is not available at this level of detail.
	Reoffenders that are aged 18 and 19 are included in the adult dataset. We do not have the facility to determine those that were released from young offender institutions. Further information on adult re-offending is available at:
	http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/docs/reoffending-adults-2007.pdf
	For information on the latest juvenile re-offending statistics please consult:
	http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/docs/reoffending-juveniles-2007.pdf

Charities

Francis Maude: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what guidance the Charity Commission has issued on whether registered charities may  (a) register as third parties with the Electoral Commission and  (b) engage in political campaigning during a regulated election period.

Angela Smith: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the Charity Commission. I have asked the Commission to reply.
	 Letter from Andrew Hind, dated July 2009:
	As the Chief Executive of the Charity Commission, I have been asked to respond to your written Parliamentary Question on what guidance the Charity Commission has issued on whether registered charities may  (a) register as third parties with the Electoral Commission, and  (b) engage in political campaigning during an election period.
	Charity law on campaigning and political activity is set out in our published guidance 'Speaking Out—Guidance on Campaigning and Political Activity by Charities' (CC9) and 'Charities and Elections' which are available on our website at www.charitycommission.gov.uk. This guidance makes clear that a charity can carry out campaigning and political activity as a means of furthering or supporting its charitable purpose, but that under charity law a charity must never carry out party political activity.
	On part  (a) of your question regarding the issue of a charity's registration as a third party with the Electoral Commission, our guidance signposts charities to the Electoral Commission and to the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. We do not provide detailed guidance ourselves. Charities must not support or oppose any party political campaign, candidate or manifesto. Therefore we do not envisage circumstances where it would be necessary for a charity to register with the Electoral Commission as a third party. We would be concerned about any charity that was recognised in this way, and would certainly want to explore this further with them.
	As to part  (b), the Commission's guidance on political campaigning during an election period makes clear that the principles for a charity engaging in any campaigning or political activity continue to apply. The key principle of charity law in terms of elections is that charities must be, and be seen to be, independent from party politics. We therefore urge charities to think carefully about what activities they engage in during this period, and how they might be perceived.
	We are currently in the process of arranging to meet with the Electoral Commission to discuss further the issue of third party registration. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have other questions. I hope this is helpful.

Departmental Postal Services

Michael Weir: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much her Department spent on services from Royal Mail in each of the last five years.

Angela Smith: Details of expenditure with the Royal Mail is shown in the following table:
	
		
			   £000 
			 2004-05 378 
			 2005-06 271 
			 2006-07 168 
			 2007-08 221 
			 2008-09 203

Departmental Publications

Grant Shapps: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what expenditure her Department incurred in the production of its document, Building Britain's Future; and how many copies were printed.

Tessa Jowell: 1,000 copies of the main document were produced in print. In addition, 4,500 of the 15 page summary document were printed. 1,000 copies of the summary document are also being produced in Welsh. The total cost was £39,047.00 (excluding VAT).

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Adam Holloway: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many rounds of  (a) 51 mm and  (b) 81 mm mortar ammunition of all natures were used in Operation (i) Herrick 4, (ii) Herrick 5, (iii) Herrick 6 and (iv) Herrick 7.

John Hutton: holding answer 1 April 2009
	 Officials are collating and validating the data needed and this is taking longer than anticipated. I will write to the hon. Member when this work is complete.
	 Substantive answer from Bob Ainsworth to Adam Holloway:
	I am writing to provide you with the information promised in mine and my predecessor's holding replies to your Parliamentary Questions regarding ammunition expenditure in Afghanistan on 20 April 2009 (Official Report, column 46W); 31 March 2009 (Official Report, column 1034W) and 26 November 2008 (Official Report, column 1518W).
	The Ministry of Defence has recently completed a review of the data on ammunition usage required to answer this question, and has revised the manner in which we classify and present data to ensure consistency. The table below shows all ammunition expenditure for UK forces in Afghanistan from the beginning of retained records (August 2006) to the end of Operation HERRICK 9 (October 2008-April 2009), in April of this year.
	You will note that, unfortunately, this review has resulted in corrections to the ammunition figures previously issued for the HERRICK 6 (April 2007-October 2007) and HERRICK 7 (October 2007-April 2008) roulements. These figures have been found to be incorrect due inconsistency of tour dates taken, inconsistency of inclusion of training rounds and a failure to include all variations of ammunition in all cases.
	
		
			  Ammunition type  Herrick 4  (13 August 2006-October  20 06)( 1)  Herrick 5  ( October 2006-April 2007 )  Herrick 6  ( April 2007-October 2007 )  Herrick 7  ( October 2007-April 2008 )  Herrick 8  ( April 2008-Oct ober  2008 )  Herrick 9  ( October 2008-April  20 09 ) 
			 7.62 mm all variants 210,000 520,000 1,300,000 1,380,000 700,000 908,400 
			 5.56 mm all variants 235,000 615,000 1,490,000 1,390,000 1,000,000 1,080,000 
			 0.5 inch all variants 25,000 90,000 200,000 180,000 113,000 196,000 
			 12.7 mm all variants 2,400 350 4,800 21,000 13,000 10,600 
			 9 mm all variants 10,000 69,000 30,000 69,000 71,700 61,400 
			 0.338 inch all variants 200 1,700 5,600 7,300 8,200 12,100 
			 12 bore shotgun all variants 5 45 660 15,100 300 525 
			 105 mm all variants 8,600 4,300 12,100 12,400 5,600 11,200 
			 30 mm armd fighting veh rounds 1,200 5,000 3,600 2,800 745 4,500 
			 30 mm Attack helicopter rounds 29,800 21,000 27,800 15,700 34,400 34,200 
			 (1) Accounting records exist only from 13 August 2006—mid Herrick 4.  Note s : 1. All tour dates are taken from the Transfer of Authority from one Brigade to the next. 2. All figures rounded to nearest 10,000, 1,000 or 100. 
		
	
	Ammunition expenditure is shown for the whole of Afghanistan, rather than just Helmand Province as the information is collated centrally for UK forces in Afghanistan. The data includes all training rounds used and all variants of each ammunition type. It is collated by each HERRICK roulement, at the end of which the data is finalised for records.
	All data shown above is data based on information derived from a number of sources and can only be an estimate, not least because of the difficulties in ensuring a consistent interpretation of the basis for collating statistics in a complex fast-moving multinational operational environment.
	I hope that the above information addresses your concerns on this matter.
	I will place a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many rounds of ammunition have been discharged in Helmand province by British forces in each roulement since June 2006, broken down by ammunition type.

John Hutton: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1993W.
	 Substantive answer from Bob Ainsworth to Liam Fox:
	I am writing to provide you with the information promised in my predecessor's holding reply to your Parliamentary Questions regarding ammunition expenditure in Afghanistan on 11 February 2009, (Official Report, column 1992W), and 26 February 2009, (Official Report, column 1050W).
	The Ministry of Defence has recently completed a review of the data on ammunition usage required to answer this question, and has revised the manner in which we classify and present data to ensure consistency. The table below shows all ammunition expenditure for UK forces in Afghanistan from the beginning of retained records (August 2006) to the end of Operation HERRICK 9 (October 2008- April 2009), in April of this year.
	You will note that, unfortunately, this review has resulted in corrections to the ammunition figures previously issued for the HERRICK 6 (April 2007 - October 2007) and HERRICK 7 (October 2007 - April 2008) roulements. These figures have been found to be incorrect due inconsistency of tour dates taken, inconsistency of inclusion of training rounds and a failure to include all variations of ammunition in all cases.
	
		
			  Ammunition type  HERRICK 4   (13 August 2006 - October 2006)( 1)  HERRICK 5  (October 2006 - April 2007)  HERRICK 6  (April 2007 -October 2007)  HERRICK 7  (October 2007 - April 2008)  HERRICK 8  (April 2008 - October 2008)  HERRICK 9  (October 2008 - April 2009) 
			 7.62mm all variants 210,000 520,000 1,300,000 1,380,000 700,000 908,400 
			 5.56mm all variants 235,000 615,000 1,490,000 1,390,000 1,000,000 1,080,000 
			 0.5 inch all variants 25,000 90,000 200,000 180,000 113,000 196,000 
			 12.7mm all variants 2,400 350 4,800 21,000 13,000 10,600 
			 9mm all variants 10,000 69,000 30,000 69,000 71,700 61,400 
			 0.338 inch all variants 200 1,700 5,600 7,300 8,200 12,100 
			 12 bore shotgun all variants 5 45 660 15,100 300 525 
			 105mm all variants 8,600 4,300 12,100 12,400 5,600 11,200 
			 30mm armd fighting veh rounds 1,200 5,000 3,600 2,800 745 4,500 
			 30mm Attack helicopter rounds 29,800 21,000 27,800 15,700 34,400 34,200 
			 (1) Accounting records exist only from 13 August 2006 - mid HERRICK 4  Notes: All tour dates are taken from the Transfer of Authority from one Brigade to the next. All figures rounded to nearest 10,000, 1000 or 100. 
		
	
	Ammunition expenditure is shown for the whole of Afghanistan, rather than just Helmand Province as the information is collated centrally for UK forces in Afghanistan. The data includes all training rounds used and all variants of each ammunition type. It is collated by each HERRICK roulement, at the end of which the data is finalised for records.
	All data shown above is data based on information derived from a number of sources and can only be an estimate, not least because of the difficulties in ensuring a consistent interpretation of the basis for collating statistics in a complex fast-moving multinational operational environment.

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many rounds of ammunition were fired by UK armed forces in Afghanistan in 2007-08.

John Hutton: Officials are collating and validating the data needed to answer this question and this is taking longer than anticipated. I will therefore write to the hon. Members when this work is complete and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
	 Substantive answer from Bob Ainsworth to Michael Ancram:
	I am writing to provide you with the information promised in mine and my predecessor's holding replies to your Parliamentary Questions regarding ammunition expenditure in Afghanistan on 11 February 2009 (Official Report, cols 1992-1993W), 11 May 2009 (Official Report, col 605W) and 26 November 2008 (Official Report, col 1518W).
	The Ministry of Defence has recently completed a review of the data on ammunition usage required to answer this question, and has revised the manner in which we classify and present data to ensure consistency. The table below shows all ammunition expenditure for UK forces in Afghanistan from the beginning of retained records (August 2006) to the end of Operation HERRICK 9 (October 2008 - April 2009), in April of this year.
	You will note that, unfortunately, this review has resulted in corrections to the ammunition figures previously issued for the HERRICK 6 (April 2007 — October 2007) and HERRICK 7 (October 2007 - April 2008) roulements. These figures have been found to be incorrect due inconsistency of tour dates taken, inconsistency of inclusion of training rounds and a failure to include all variations of ammunition in all cases.
	
		
			  Type  HERRICK 4   (13 August 2006 -October 2006)( 1)  HERRICK 5 (October 2006 -April 2007)  HERRICK 6  (April 2007 -October 2007)  HERRICK 7  (October 2007 - April 2008)  HERRICK 8  (1 April 2008 -October 2008)  HERRICK 9  (October 2008 -April 2009) 
			 7.62mm all variants 210,000 520,000 1,300,000 1,380,000 700,000 908,400 
			 5.56mm all variants 235,000 615,000 1,490,000 1,390,000 1,000,000 1,080,000 
			 0.5 inch all variants 25,000 90,000 200,000 180,000 113,000 196,000 
			 12.7mm all variants 2,400 350 4,800 21,000 13,000 10,600 
			 9mm all variants 10,000 69,000 30,000 69,000 71,700 61,400 
			 0.338 inch all variants 200 1,700 5,600 7,300 8,200 12,100 
			 12 bore shotgun all variants 5 45 660 15,100 300 525 
			 105mm all variants 8,600 4,300 12,100 12,400 5,600 11,200 
			 30mm armd fighting veh rounds 1,200 5,000 3,600 2,800 745 4,500 
			 30mm Attack helicopter rounds 29,800 21,000 27,800 15,700 34,400 34,200 
			 (1) Accounting records exist only from 13 August 2006 - mid HERRICK 4  Notes: All tour dates are taken from the Transfer of Authority from one Brigade to the next.  All figures rounded to nearest 10,000, 1000 or 100. 
		
	
	Ammunition expenditure is shown for the whole of Afghanistan, rather than just Helmand Province as the information is collated centrally for UK forces in Afghanistan. The data includes all training rounds used and all variants of each ammunition type. It is collated by each HERRICK roulement, at the end of which the data is finalised for records.
	All data shown above is data based on information derived from a number of sources and can only be an estimate, not least because of the difficulties in ensuring a consistent interpretation of the basis for collating statistics in a complex fast-moving multinational operational environment.
	I hope that the above information addresses your concerns on this matter.
	I will place a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.

Defence: Procurement

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent by each of the armed services on defence procurement in the latest year for which figures are available; and how much such expenditure was incurred by each service in  (a) Wales,  (b) Northern Ireland,  (c) England and  (d) overseas.

Quentin Davies: The defence budget is not allocated by service or by sub-UK level. Defence Procurement provides the UK armed forces with the equipment needed as efficiently as possible to deliver the best value for money for the armed forces. The Defence Budget is planned solely on this basis.
	The latest estimates of direct MOD expenditure on equipment and non-equipment procurement are provided in the following table.
	
		
			  £ million at current prices (VAT exclusive) 
			  2006-07  Wales  Northern Ireland  England  Overseas 
			 Total 220 200 15,230 2,330 
			  of which: 
			 Equipment expenditure 120 60 9,620 2,170 
			 Non equipment expenditure 100 140 5,610 160 
			  Note: Figures rounded to nearest £10 million 
		
	
	The data underlying the estimates of direct expenditure on procurement cannot be broken down by service. In addition, these figures do not take into account expenditure by main contractors to sub-contractors in these geographic areas, nor do they take account of monies paid for work done in that area if the company's billing address is elsewhere.
	The MOD reports spend on procurement in the UK Defence Statistics can be found at the following link;
	http://www.dasa.mod.uk/UKDS2008/ukds.html
	This annual report presents the MOD procurement of goods and services in the UK broken out by industry sector and estimates of aggregate MOD equipment expenditure.

Defence: Research

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what cash allocations his Department has made for defence research for each of the next two years; and if he will make a statement.

Quentin Davies: The current planning assumption is that the science innovation and technology budget will have available approximately £439 million in 2010-11. This compares with £544 million in 2009-10 when calculated on the same basis. Departmental expenditure limits have not yet been set for the years beyond 2010-11.

Departmental Budgets

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's science innovation and technology budget is for 2010-11.  [Official Report, 18 November 2009, Vol. 501, c. 1MC.]

Quentin Davies: The current planning assumption is that the SIT budget will have available approximately £439 million in 2010-11. This compares with £544 million in 2009-10 when calculated on the same basis. Departmental expenditure limits have not yet been set for the years beyond 2010-11.

Departmental Compensation

Ben Wallace: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much compensation his Department has paid to former and serving  (a) members of the armed forces and  (b) civil servants in cases of (i) sexual discrimination, (ii) bullying and (iii) other infringements of employment rights in the last 12 months.

Kevan Jones: Some £182,600 was paid out to Military personnel in the last 12 months to settle two sexual discrimination cases, comprising one payment each by the Army and RAF. An additional claim was settled in 2008-09 for £90,000 in respect of the previously operated MOD policy of debarring homosexuals from serving in the armed forces.
	In respect of civilian staff in the last 12 months, some £43,500 was paid to settle sexual discrimination cases. This figure includes one payment in respect of an age discrimination case the cost of which cannot be separately identified. One case, where bullying was alleged, was settled with £3,250 of compensation. Some £233,920 was paid to settle cases where other infringements of employment rights occurred.

Departmental Manpower

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) women and (b) men; and what the average hourly pay is of those (i) male and (ii) female employees.

Kevan Jones: The percentage breakdown of employees by gender in the Department, as of 1 June 2009, is as follows:
	Men: 61.47 per cent
	Women: 38.53 per cent
	The average hourly pay rates between genders, as of 1 June 2009, is as follows:
	Male: £12.139
	Female: £10.368

Nigeria: Military Aid

Liam Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has received any recent requests for military assistance from the Nigerian government.

Bill Rammell: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 17 June 2009,  Official Report, column 340W, to my right hon. Friend the Member for Oxford East (Mr. Smith).
	In addition we provide support to enhance the Nigerian peace-keeping capacity, advice on defence management, and professional officer education and training. We maintain a regular dialogue with Nigeria on defence and security matters.

Royal Military Academy: Foreigners

Daniel Kawczynski: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many foreign nationals of each nationality passed out from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in  (a) 2006,  (b) 2007 and  (c) 2008.

Bill Rammell: The information requested is provided in the following tables. In accordance with MOD release protocols that protect us from unintentionally revealing the identity of an individual, any number less than five is represented by a asterisk (*) and any number equal to zero is represented by an Em dash (—).
	
		
			  Commonwealth and dual nationality officer cadets who commissioned into the British Army in 2006, 2007 and 2008 
			  Nationality/year  2006  2007  2008  Total 
			 Australian — — * * 
			 Canadian * — * * 
			 Citizen Irish Rep * * * 5 
			 Fijian — — * * 
			 German/British — — * * 
			 Ghanaian * — — * 
			 Indian — — * * 
			 Japanese/British — * — * 
			 Kenyan * * — * 
			 Nepalese/British — * — * 
			 New Zealander — * — * 
			 South African 5 5 5 15 
			 Trinidadian * — — * 
			 Zimbabwean * * * 5 
			 Total 15 12 14 41 
			 Grand total 41 
		
	
	
		
			  Overseas officer cadets who commissioned into a Foreign Army in 2006, 2007 and 2008 
			  Nationality/ year  2006  2007  2008  Total 
			 Afghan * * — * 
			 Algerian — * * * 
			 Antiguan * — — * 
			 Bahrain * * * 10 
			 Bangladeshi * — * * 
			 Belizean * * * * 
			 Botswana * * * * 
			 Brunei * * * 10 
			 Chinese — — * * 
			 Egyptian * — — * 
			 Ethiopian * — — * 
			 Fijian * — — * 
			 Filipino — * — * 
			 Gambian * — * * 
			 Ghanian — — * * 
			 Guatemalan * — — * 
			 Guyanese * — — * 
			 Iraqi * * * 5 
			 Jamaican * 5 * 15 
			 Jordanian * * * 5 
			 Kenyan * * * * 
			 Kuwaiti * 5 * 10 
			 Lesothian — * — * 
			 Malawian * * * * 
			 Malaysian * * — * 
			 Maltese * * * * 
			 Maldivian — — * * 
			 Namibian — — * * 
			 Nepalese * * * 5 
			 Nigerian * * * * 
			 Omani 5 * 5 15 
			 Pakistani * * * * 
			 Palestinian — — * * 
			 Qatar * — * * 
			 Rwandan — — * * 
			 Saudi Arabian * * * 5 
			 Senegalese * — * * 
			 Singaporean * * * * 
			 South African — * — * 
			 Sri Lankan * * — * 
			 Sudanese — — * * 
			 Tanzanian * — * * 
			 Thai * * — * 
			 U.A.E. 5 5 10 20 
			 Ugandan * * * * 
			 Yemeni * * — 5 
			 Total 67 54 64 185 
			 Grand total 185

Scotland

Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department plans to make a submission to the Scottish Executive's National Conversation consultation on Scotland's constitutional future.

Bill Rammell: The Ministry of Defence has not submitted evidence to the Scottish Government's National Conversation.
	The Commission on Scottish Devolution was established by majority vote in the Scottish Parliament and with the full support of the UK Government. UK Departments submitted evidence to the Commission during its first phase of evidence gathering.
	The Commission recently published its final report, which can be found at:
	http://www.commissiononscottishdevolution.org.uk/uploads/2009-06-12-csd-final-report-2009fbookmarked.pdf
	A Steering Group has been established under the Chairmanship of the Secretary of State for Scotland to help the UK Government and the Scottish Parliament plan how to take forward the Chairman recommendations and deliver stronger devolution within a stronger United Kingdom.

Trident

Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of conventional forces protecting Trident was in 2008-09.

Bob Ainsworth: We do not routinely calculate the operating cost of specific committed or contingent force elements in support of the deterrent, and such estimates are necessarily illustrative. The answer, the right hon. Des Browne, as Defence Secretary, gave to the hon. Member on 8 March 2007,  Official Report, column 2131W, estimated the annual operating costs of committed conventional force elements to be around £25-30 million. We have not prepared a more recent estimate as to do so would incur disproportionate costs.

Trident

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on Trident II; and what his Department's estimate is of how much it would cost to order  (a) three and  (b) four boats to replace Trident I.

Bob Ainsworth: The current Trident II D5 missile is expected to remain in service until 2042. No expenditure has been incurred on a successor to the Trident II D5 missile.
	As set out in the 2006 White Paper, we estimate that the procurement costs of the replacement for the current Vanguard class submarines will be between £11-14 billion at 2006-07 prices. The total spent on the replacement submarine and associated propulsion system since the beginning of April 2007 to the end of June 2009 is some £250 million.
	Work is ongoing to assess whether continuous at sea deterrence could be achieved with a three boat fleet, and at what cost.

Water Charges

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people have accessed social tariff schemes in each water company area in each of the last five years.

Huw Irranca-Davies: The number of customers accepted on to the vulnerable groups scheme by water companies in each of the last five years is set out in the following table.
	This will not strictly equal the number of customers currently on the tariff, owing to applications expiring during the year, bereavements, changes of occupancy and applications still being processed at year end.
	Ofwat only routinely collects this data for the compulsory vulnerable groups tariff (WaterSure), and not for any other social tariffs which individual companies may offer.
	
		
			  Total number of successful applications for vulnerable groups tariff 
			   2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Anglian and Hartlepool 682 719 904 3,385 3,068 
			 Dwr Cymru 319 426 580 899 1,070 
			 United Utilities 1,114 1,447 1,565 2,286 2,551 
			 Northumbrian and Essex and Suffolk 483 672 898 1,077 1,403 
			 Severn Trent 916 1,223 1,508 2,385 3,399 
			 South West 1,645 2,962 3,857 5,837 6,782 
			 Southern 258 324 280 197 641 
			 Thames 1,323 1,780 2,053 2,333 2,747 
			 Wessex 481 622 751 837 972 
			 Yorkshire and York 1,059 1,308 1,663 2,090 2,702 
			 Bournemouth and West Hampshire 118 96 222 274 381 
			 Bristol 211 391 478 511 620 
			 Cambridge 81 97 108 128 163 
			 Dee Valley 10 16 36 73 83 
			 Folkestone 33 42 106 176 270 
			 Portsmouth 24 30 30 43 73 
			 South East Water (including mid-Kent)(1) 229 217 143 249 156 
			  South East Water (excluding mid-Kent)  91  114  102  97  — 
			  Mid-Kent  138  103  41  152  — 
			 South Staffs 39 139 198 259 364 
			 Sutton and East Surrey 38 64 91 110 113 
			 Tendring Hundred 313 328 425 468 533 
			 Three Valleys 251 284 316 504 788 
			 Industry total 9,627 13,187 16,212 24,121 28,879 
			 (1) In 2007, South East Water absorbed mid-Kent water. The figures shown above for the new South East Water (including mid-Kent) until 2007-08 are a sum of the figures reported by the former separate companies. The split between the former companies is shown in italics for information. These figures do not contribute to the industry totals.

Cardiovascular System: Children

Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the incidence of cardiovascular failure in children was in the latest period for which figures are available.

Ann Keen: The numbers of finished consultant episodes in English national health service hospitals or in independent hospitals but commissioned by the NHS in England where the primary diagnosis was cardiovascular failure for children for 2007-08, the last year for which figures were available were as in the following table.
	
		
			  Age group  Number of episodes 
			 Under 16 244 
			 16 to 18 25 
			  Notes:  Finished Consultant Episode (FCE) 1. A finished consultant episode (FCE) is defined as a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one health care provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. The figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.  Primary diagnosis 2. The primary diagnosis is the first of up to 20 (14 from 2002-03 to 2006-07 and seven prior to 2002-03) diagnosis fields in the FCE Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data set and provides the main reason why the patient was admitted to hospital. 3. The ICD-10 codes used to identify Cardiovascular failure are as follows: I50.0 Congestive heart failure I50.1 Left ventricular failure I50.9 Heart failure, unspecified I11.0 Hypertensive heart disease with (congestive) heart failure I11.0 Hypertensive heart and renal disease with (congestive) heart failure I11.0 Hypertensive heart and renal disease with both (congestive) heart failure and renal failure P29.0 Neonatal cardiac failure 
			  Data quality 4. HES are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts in England. Data is also received from a number of independent sector organisations for activity commissioned by the English NHS. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data via HES processes. While this brings about improvement over time, some shortcomings remain.  Ungrossed data 5. Figures have not been adjusted for shortfalls in the data, i.e. the data are ungrossed.  Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), The NHS Information Centre for health and social care

Departmental Manpower

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of employees in his Department are  (a) women and  (b) men; and what the average hourly pay of (i) male and (ii) female employees is.

Phil Hope: The percentage of employees in the Department who are women is 56 per cent. and the percentage who are men is 44 per cent.
	The average hourly rates of pay for men and women are presented in the following table.
	
		
			   Hourly  p ay (£)  
			  Type of average  Men  Women  Percentage difference 
			 Median 20.10 16.17 19.6 
			 Mean 22.06 19.03 13.7 
		
	
	Although median and mean hourly pay (excluding overtime as do the figures above) provide useful comparisons of men's and women's earnings, they do not reveal differences in rates of pay for comparable jobs. This is because such broad measures do not allow for the different employment characteristics of men and women, such as the proportion in different occupations and their length of time in jobs.

NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of the office premises for the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement was in each of the last five years.

Phil Hope: This is set out in the following table.
	
		
			  £ 
			  Premises  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09  2009-10 
			 Coventry House at University of Warwick 325,690 414,922 434,441 397,615 414,922 
			 Victoria House, London 110,117 163,371 147,355 207,581 233,098 
			 Manchester, Gateway House 30,636 32,632 40,015 34,638 30,944 
			 Birmingham, Birmingham Hospital 37,452 38,864 37,835 37,426 37,558 
			 Total 503,895 649,789 659,646 677,260 716,522

Out of Area Treatment

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in each primary care trust (PCT) area received referrals to consultant specialists based in a different PCT area in each of the last five years.

Mike O'Brien: The available data on number of patients in each primary care trust (PCT) area that received referrals to consultant specialists based in a different PCT area in each of the last five years are shown in the document, referrals to consultant specialists based in a different primary care trust area, provided by the NHS Information Centre which has been placed in the Library.

Departmental Electronic Equipment

Philip Hammond: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport with reference to the answer of 26 November 2008,  Official Report, column 1566W, on departmental electronic equipment, how much  (a) his Department and  (b) its agencies have spent on (i) flat screen televisions, (ii) DVD players and (iii) stereo equipment since November 2008.

Chris Mole: The information is as follows:
	
		
			  £ 
			   (i) Flat screen televisions  (ii) DVD players  (iii) Stereo equipment 
			  (a)  Department 2,556 0 0 
			  (b) Agencies 13,346 55 0 
		
	
	This excludes spend at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency as the requested information is not recorded and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Departmental Postal Services

Michael Weir: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department spent on Royal Mail services in each of the last two years.

Chris Mole: The Department for Transport spent £21,419,317.41 on Royal Mail services in 2007-08 and £22,348,405.74 on Royal Mail services in 2008-09.
	This excludes spend at the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency as the information requested is not recorded.

Departmental Electronic Equipment

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2008,  Official Report, column 1066W, on departmental electronic equipment, how much his Department has spent on  (a) flat screen televisions,  (b) DVD players and  (c) stereo equipment since November 2008.

Peter Hain: Expenditure during this period amounts to £79.99 which was for a replacement digital radio. There has been no other expenditure on such equipment during this period.

Employment Schemes

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of the £5 billion of funding to create new jobs and assist people back into work, as referred to in paragraph 40 in chapter 2, page 43 of Building Britain's Future, Cm 7654, will be available in Wales.

Peter Hain: We are investing an extra £5 billion to help people back into work across the UK. The £3 billion investment in Jobcentre Plus will enable the recruitment of 600 additional advisers in Wales by the end of the year.
	The £1 billion Future Jobs Fund has already approved 10 bids for funding from organisations in Wales which were announced on 29 July 2009. These bids will create over 2,000 jobs and are a demonstration of our determination to deliver the help that people need where and when they need it most.

Mortgages: Government Assistance

Paul Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what schemes the Government has made available to families in Wales who face mortgage repossessions.

Peter Hain: The UK Government have a number of initiatives to help Welsh homeowners—the Support for Mortgage Interest Scheme and the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme, both apply in Wales. In addition, we have also put in place a number of other measures, including new court protocols to protect homeowners, secured commitments from major lenders not to repossess homes within three months of arrears and have invested a further £25 million to extend free debt advice. All of these measures are available to consumers across the country.
	The Welsh Assembly Government also provides support to struggling homeowners, through the Mortgage Rescue Scheme.

Departmental Contracts

Lorely Burt: To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many contracts let by her Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year.

Michael Jabez Foster: During financial year 2008-09, the Government Equalities Office awarded 45 contracts to businesses with fewer than 50 members of staff. The total monetary value of these contracts was £526,460.96
	The Government Equalities Office became a stand alone department in October 2007 so no data is available for previous years.

Absenteeism: North East

Ashok Kumar: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many cases of unauthorised absence from school were recorded in  (a) the North East,  (b) Tees Valley and  (c) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since 1997.

Dawn Primarolo: The available information is shown in the table. Further information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	
		
			  Primary, secondary and special schools( 1,2)  number and percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence 2003-04  to  2007-08( 3) 
			   North East  Tees Valley  Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency 
			   Total half days missed due to unauthorised absence  Percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence( 4)  Total half days missed due to unauthorised absence  Percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence( 4)  Total half days missed due to unauthorised absence  Percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence( 4) 
			 2007-08 801,580 0.83 269,050 1.02 39,660 1.21 
			 2006-07 809,630 0.81 289,430 1.04 (5)— (5)— 
			
			 2005-06  788,110  0.77  247,180  0.90 ( 5) — ( 5) — 
			 2004-05  708,070  0.67  266,810  0.92 ( 5) — ( 5) — 
			 2003-04  685,750  0.62  229,190  0.75 ( 5) — ( 5) — 
			 (1) Includes maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies). (2) Includes maintained and non-maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools. (3) Figures in italics have been sourced from the Absence in Schools Survey. Other figures are derived from the School Census. (4) The number of sessions missed due to unauthorised absence expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions. (5) Not readily available. To provide further information would incur disproportionate cost.  Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.  Source:  Absence in Schools Survey and School Census (3)

Advanced Skills Teachers

Michael Gove: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many advanced skills teachers there were in  (a) 2006,  (b) 2007,  (c) 2008 and  (d) 2009.

Dawn Primarolo: The following table provides the headcount number of full and part-time advanced skills teachers in service in local authority maintained schools in England, January 2006 to 2009.
	
		
			  Full and part-time head count number of advanced skills  teachers (ASTs) in service in the local authority maintained  sector( 1) —20009-09: England 
			   ASTs 
			 2006 4,010 
			 2007 4,060 
			 2008(2) 4,300 
			 2009(3) 4,030 
			 (1) The figures exclude academies and CTCs because they are not funded by Las and therefore not part of the 618g collection. (2 )This figure is approximately 200 too high because a small number of local authorities overstated the numbers of ASTs they employed in 2008. (3) Provisional.  Source: Annual survey of teachers in service and teacher vacancies (618g).

Offences against Children: Internet

Margaret Moran: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what  (a) funding,  (b) materials and  (c) other support his Department provides for children who have experienced online abuse.

Dawn Primarolo: Details on the funding, materials and support made available specifically for the victims of online child abuse are not held centrally.
	However, expenditure on children's social care in England has increased from £2.218 billion in 1997-98 to £5.728 billion in 2008-09. This is a real terms increase of over 90 per cent., which equates to an average real terms increase of 6.1 per cent. per annum. In addition, the Government are investing £130 million in social work reform over the full spending review period including £109 million in the next two years of which £57.8 million is additional new investment as part of the Government's detailed response to Lord Laming's Report.
	The Department of Health also makes available to local authorities £100.045 million in 2009-10 for child and adolescent mental health services through the local authority area based grant. It is for local authorities to determine how to use those resources in order to deliver local and national priorities in their areas. These grants account for less than 20 per cent. of spend on CAMHS and the actual reported spend on CAMHS increased by 62 per cent. between 2003-04 and 2006-07 to £523 million (latest available figure) when NHS spending is considered also.
	Statutory guidance contained in 'Working Together to Safeguard Children' explains the procedures to be followed if somebody has concerns about the welfare of a child and in particular has concerns that a child may be suffering, or may be at risk of suffering, significant harm. Chapter 5 sets out the principles that underpin work to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. Where online abuse is concerned children and or parents can seek support from children's social care.
	In addition, the Government have committed £30 million to the NSPCC's Childline services which offers trusted 1:1 counselling to children. The money will allow the NSPCC to expand their services significantly and improve them so that more children can be given the advice and help that can be so important.

Pupil Exclusions: Hampshire

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many exclusions from schools there have been in each year group in  (a) Test Valley Borough and  (b) Southampton in each of the last three years; and how many of those pupils who were excluded were also (i) cautioned for and (ii) charged with criminal offences.

Dawn Primarolo: The available information on the number of exclusions (not the number of students) is shown in the table.
	Data on permanent exclusions is available for the full period requested. Data on fixed period exclusions was collected for the first time in 2003-04 via the Termly Exclusions Survey. Since 2005-06 collection has been via the School Census, but in that first year was for secondary schools only, therefore, comparable information for fixed period exclusions in 2005-06 is not available. In 2006-07, collection was extended to primary and special schools.
	Information for Test Valley Borough could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	Statistics are not collected by the Department on the numbers of pupils that have been cautioned or charged for criminal activity.
	
		
			  Primary, secondary and special schools( 1, 2, 3) : Number of exclusions by age, Southampton LA: 2004-05 to 2007-08 
			   2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			  Number of exclusions  Permanent exclusions( 4)  Fixed period exclusions  Permanent exclusions( 4)  Permanent exclusions( 4)  Fixed period exclusions  Permanent exclusions( 4)  Fixed period exclusions 
			 Age (5):
			 4 and under 0 10 0 0 x 0 0 
			 5 0 20 0 0 10 0 10 
			 6 0 20 x 0 40 0 20 
			 7 0 70 x 0 70 0 60 
			 8 x 90 0 0 90 0 40 
			 9 x 140 0 x 130 x 120 
			 10 x 160 x x 160 x 120 
			 11 x 290 x 10 550 x 350 
			 12 10 560 x 10 600 x 550 
			 13 x 620 10 10 780 10 760 
			 14 10 630 10 10 860 10 740 
			 15 x 300 x 0 540 10 460 
			 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 
			 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 
			 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 19 and over 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Total 30 2,890 30 40 3,820 40 3,240 
			 (1) Includes middle schools as deemed. (2) Includes both CTCs and academies (including all-through academies). Information is as reported by schools. (3) Includes maintained special schools. Non-maintained special schools are included from 2006-07. (4) Figures relating to permanent exclusions are estimates based on incomplete pupil-level data. (5) Age as at 31 August.  Notes: 1. x less than 5. 2. Totals may not appear to equal the sum of component parts because numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10.

Schools: Absence

Michael Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many cases of unauthorised absence from school were recorded in  (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency,  (b) Dacorum,  (c) Hertfordshire and  (d) the South East in each year since 1997.

Dawn Primarolo: The available information is shown in the table. Further information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
	
		
			  Primary, secondary and special schools( 1, 2)  number and percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence 2003-04 — 2007-08( 3) 
			   Hemel Hempstead constituency  Dacorum  Hertfordshire  South East 
			   Total half days missed due to unauthorised absence  Percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence( 4)  Total half days missed due to unauthorised absence  Percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence( 4)  Total half days missed due to unauthorised absence  Percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence( 4)  Total half days missed due to unauthorised absence  Percentage of half days missed due to unauthorised absence( 4) 
			 2007-08 30,210 0.81 (5)— (5)— 307,380 0.73 2,812,270 0.95 
			 2006-07 (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— 318,620 0.74 2,729,370 0.90 
			 2005-06 (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— 281,050 0.66 2,580,910 0.84 
			 2004-05 (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— 243,780 0.56 2,307,730 0.75 
			 2003-04 (5)— (5)— (5)— (5)— 240,980 0.54 2,044,600 0.65 
			 (1) Includes maintained secondary schools, city technology colleges and academies (including all-through academies). (2) Includes maintained and non maintained special schools. Excludes general hospital schools. (3) Figures in italics have been sourced from the Absence in Schools Survey. Other figures are derived from the School Census. (4) The number of sessions missed due to unauthorised absence expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible sessions. (5) Not readily available. To provide further information would incur disproportionate cost.  Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.  Source: Absence in Schools Survey and School Census(3)

Schools: Wakefield

Jon Trickett: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average spend per head in  (a) primary and  (b) secondary schools in Wakefield local authority area was in (i) 1997 and (ii) in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.

Vernon Coaker: The available information on the average spend per head in primary and secondary schools in Wakefield local authority in 1997 and the last 12 months is shown in the following table:
	
		
			  School based expenditure per pupil in local authority maintained schools in Wakefield in 1997-98 and 2007-08 
			   1997-98  2007-08 
			   Pre-primary and primary education  Secondary education  Primary education  Secondary education 
			 Wakefield 1,560 2,150 3,590 4,340 
			  Notes: 1. School based expenditure includes only expenditure incurred directly by the schools. This includes the pay of teachers and school-based support staff, school premises costs, books and equipment, and certain other supplies and services, less any capital items funded from recurrent spending and income from sales, fees and charges and rents and rates. This excludes the central cost of support services such as home to school transport, local authority administration and the financing of capital expenditure. 2. 1999-2000 saw a change in data source when the data collection moved from the RO1 form collected by the ODPM to the Section 52 form from the DCSF (then DfES). 2002-03 saw a further break in the time series following the introduction of Consistent Financial Reporting (CFR) and the associated restructuring of the outturn tables. From 2002-03 school based expenditure is taken from Section 52 Outturn Table A line 51 net current expenditure (NCE). For 2001-02 and earlier years the expenditure is calculated as lines 1 to 12 less lines 29, 30, 35 and 37. This differs from the old Net Institutional Expenditure (NIE) calculation only in the treatment of meals and milk which is no longer excluded and no adjustments for balances are now made. This is taken from Section 52 Outturn Table 3 for 1999-2000 to 2001-02 and from the RO1 form previously. 3. The calculation for 2002-03 onwards is broadly similar to the calculation in previous years. 4. Pupil numbers include only those pupils attending maintained establishments within each sector and are drawn from the DCSF Annual Schools Census adjusted to be on a financial year basis. 5. Expenditure was not distinguished between the pre-primary and primary sectors until the inception of Section 52 for financial year 1999-2000. 6. Figures are rounded to the nearest £10 and in cash terms.

Departmental Land

Nick Gibb: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2009,  Official Report, column 40W, on departmental land, to what purposes the £59.7 million of capital receipts obtained by the Church Commissioners following the sale of agricultural land in 2007 has been allocated.

Stuart Bell: The Commissioners do not ring-fence capital receipts for specific purposes. Receipts are reinvested with the aim of maximising the fund's long-term total return in support of the Commissioners' various responsibilities. These include meeting clergy pension commitments and providing maximum sustainable funding for bishops and cathedrals as well as parish mission and ministry support.

Departmental Land

Nick Gibb: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2009,  Official Report, column 40W, on departmental land, what the rate of return was on  (a) the £59.7 million of capital receipts obtained by the Church Commissioners following the sale of agricultural land in 2007 and  (b) agricultural assets retained by the Church Commissioners in the same period.

Stuart Bell: The information requested is as follows.
	 (a) As the Commissioners do not ring-fence capital receipts, it is not possible to state the return on the capital receipts obtained by them from a specific transaction.
	 (b) I can, however, tell the hon. Gentleman that the total return on the Commissioners' assets in 2007 was 9.4 per cent. The total return on the rural holdings was 36.6 per cent. which included sales significantly above valuation.

Departmental Land

Nick Gibb: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2009,  Official Report, column 40W, on departmental land, what the monetary value is of the assets in which the £59.7 million of capital receipts obtained by the Church Commissioners following the sale of agricultural land in 2007 was invested.

Stuart Bell: Because the Commissioners pursue a total return investment strategy rather than ring-fencing receipts for specific reinvestment or expenditure, it is not possible to give a monetary value for the capital receipt obtained by the specific transaction to which the hon. Gentleman refers.

Building Regulations Advisory Committee

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many full-time equivalent employees the Building Regulations Advisory Committee employs; what its budget for 2009-10 is; and how much it will receive in support from his Department in 2009-10.

Shahid Malik: The Building Regulations Advisory Committee has no full time employees. The Committee's budget for 2009-10 is £20,000 which is funded by the Department and used for members' expenses and the essential costs of its meetings. The Department also provides the Committee's secretariat and its resources for this comprise the equivalent of approximately three-quarters of a full-time post.

Departmental Electronic Equipment

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008,  Official Report, column 1128W, on departmental electronic equipment, how much  (a) his Department and  (b) its agencies have spent on (i) flat screen televisions, (ii) DVD players and (iii) stereo equipment since November 2008.

Shahid Malik: The information is as follows:
	 (a) The Department spent the following on these commodities since November 2008:
	i. £6,360 on two flat screen televisions and associated equipment
	ii. £0 on DVD players
	iii. £0 on stereo equipment.
	 (b) The Department's agencies spent the following on these commodities since November 2008:
	i. £1,350 on flat screen televisions
	ii. £582 on DVD players
	iii. £0 on stereo equipment.

Departmental Finance

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the proposals contained in the Draft Legislative Programme 2009, what changes will be made to the programme budgets of  (a) his Department and  (b) its agencies in order to finance the £1.5 billion housing package; what proportion of the package will be funded by his Department; and over what timescale.

Shahid Malik: Details of the funding package for the £1.5 billion housing pledge announced in Building Britain's Future were announced on 17 July:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/news/corporate/1286956

Departmental ICT

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what projects involving information technology elements being sponsored by his Department and its agencies are  (a) behind schedule and  (b) overbudget.

Shahid Malik: The criteria set out in the question currently apply to several CLG projects as follows.
	 Communities and Local Government (including the regional co-ordination unit and Government offices in the regions)
	FiReControl: The FiReControl project is a business change project with an IT component. On 15 July 2009 I announced a 10 month rescheduling of the project. The IT costs will remain the same although total costs might increase as a result of the extended delivery schedule.
	FireLink: The Firelink project is primarily providing a radio system for the Fire and Rescue Service, and contains a small element of IT. Completion of the roll-out is scheduled for April 2010 compared to the previously published completion date of December 2009. The whole life project costs remain on target.
	 Planning Inspectorate
	Charging for Appeals: This project, originally for delivery by April 2009, has been re-planned, and split into two stages. This recognises the time needed for the charging regime to be developed and consulted on. Stage 1 is expected to be complete by October 2009, and stage 2 by April 2010. Costs are increasing by £65,000 as a result.

Departmental Pay

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what  (a) salaries,  (b) benefits in kind and  (c) payments for expenses each of his Department's non-executive directors have received in the last 24 months.

Rosie Winterton: Non-executive members of the board are not employees of the Department, and do not therefore receive salaries. Rather, each receives a fee of £10,000 per year. As agreed on a case-by-case basis, however, this fee may be paid to the employer and not to the individual as reimbursement for their time spent on non-executive business. (Within the last 24 months, this has applied for Sir Bob Kerslake, a former board member and formerly chief executive of Sheffield city council; and Rob Vincent, the chief executive of Kirklees council and a current board member.)
	No non-executive board member has received any benefits in kind during the last 24 months.
	Non-executive board members are entitled to reimbursement of all reasonable expenses properly and necessarily incurred in respect of their appointment. Payments made to individual non-executive board members between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2009 are summarised in the following table. All business expenses reimbursed to non-executive board members, and also to senior civil servants at the director general and above level, from 1 April 2009 onwards will be published quarterly.
	
		
			  £ 
			   2007-08  2008-09 
			 Peter Doyle 1,094.13 337.60 
			 Sir Bob Kerslake 2,886.81 442 
			 Sarah Weir 79.40 0 
			 Polly Cochrane 0 157 
			 Rob Vincent 0 2,007.83 
		
	
	On occasion, the Department also books travel and accommodation for all board members and incurs that expenditure centrally.

Departmental Recruitment

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which posts filled by his Department in the last three months were not advertised on either his Department's public website or the public part of the Civil Service Recruitment Gateway; and what the job title and remit of each such vacancy was.

Rosie Winterton: Staff are from time to time recruited through limited competition on a time-limited basis to provide additional expertise and capacity as required, and are not permanent civil servants who can only be appointed through fair and open competition.
	20 posts were not advertised and were filled through limited competition (including three student placements). The job title and remit for the remaining 17 posts are as follows:
	Project Adviser—Local Analysis and Delivery Unit;
	Marketing Assistant—Planning Portal;
	Lawyer—Legal Directorate;
	Grade 6—Residential Property Tribunal Service;
	Team Leader—Olympics Legacy Planning and Delivery;
	Personal Assistant, Strategy and Performance;
	Development Team Admin.—Planning Portal;
	HR Communications Manager;
	Research Assistant—Planning Portal;
	HR Helpdesk Operator;
	Workforce Equalities Team Member;
	Policy Adviser—Local Government Restructuring;
	HR Management Information Manager;
	Deputy Director—Communities Futures;
	Policy Adviser—Strategy and Performance;
	Executive Officer—Total Place;
	HR Resourcing Manager.

Energy Performance Certificates

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 8 July 2009,  Official Report, column 902W, on energy performance certificates and home information packs, what the reasons are for the difference between the period of validity of energy performance certificates  (a) included in and  (b) not included in home information packs.

John Healey: The reasons were set out in paragraphs 7.1-7.3 of the Explanatory Memorandum to The Energy Performance of Buildings (Certificates and Inspections) (England and Wales) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2008 which can be viewed online at
	http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/em/uksiem_20082363_en.pdf

Fire Service College

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the net cost to the public purse of the Fire Service College is; and whether an assessment has been made of the potential for increasing its commercial revenue.

Shahid Malik: In 2008-09 the expenditure of the Fire Service College was £23.840 million, which it funded from £21.579 million income and £2.261 reserves. It was unable to pay the required dividend (net of loan interest) of £1.521 million.
	Over the past year the Department and College management team have jointly carried out a detailed review of all aspects of the College's business to determine how it could continue to meet the training and development needs of the Fire and Rescue Service on a financially sustainable basis. This review looked at building College income through growing current market share and developing new public and private sector markets and products and concluded that financial sustainability could be achieved in 2010-11.

Housing: Energy

Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to paragraph 31 of the Building Britain's Future document, Cm 7654, what criteria will be used to decide where to deploy the £1.5 billion of new investment in energy efficient affordable homes.

John Healey: Criteria for allocations for these funds vary across the different component programmes, although all funding will be allocated on a competitive basis. For affordable housing units, standards and costing will be in line with those of the National Affordable Housing Programme. For private housing completions, the level of public subsidy required, fit with national, regional and local priorities and the quality of the homes will all be assessed. The bidding guidance and criteria for the schemes will be made available through the website of the Home and Communities Agency at
	www.homesandcommunities.co.uk

Housing: Finance

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in which month in 2009 data collection funds from the second round of housing and planning delivery grant will be allocated to local authorities; over what period of data collection his Department will base its second round allocations; and over what period his Department will take a decision on how to allocate the funding.

John Healey: A consultation paper setting out changes to the formula for distributing Housing and Planning Delivery Grant was issued in May 2009. The data used to calculate the allocations of the second year of Housing and Planning Delivery Grant (2009-10) has been collected and we hope to make provisional allocations shortly. Following comments from local authorities we will make final allocations and payments in the autumn.
	The proposed formula is based on data for housing supply (average net additions) in local authorities over the period 2005-6 to 2007-8. For planning the formula is based on data from 2008-9 for the delivery of local development frameworks, providing land for housing and publishing strategic housing land assessments.

Independent Housing Ombudsman

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many full-time equivalent employees the office of the Independent Housing Ombudsman employs; what its budget for 2009-10 is; and how much it will receive in support from his Department in 2009-10.

Shahid Malik: The Independent Housing Ombudsman (THO) currently employs 35.5 full-time equivalent employees. Its budget for 2009-10 is £3,326,734. The IHO does not receive any financial support from the Department.

Leasehold Advisory Service

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many full-time equivalent employees the Leasehold Advisory Service employs; what its budget for 2009-10 is; and how much it will receive in support from his Department in 2009-10.

Shahid Malik: LEASE currently employs 19 full-time equivalent staff. The expenditure forecast by LEASE for 2009-10 is £1,468,851. Communities and Local Government expects to provide a grant-in-aid amount of £1,325,000 for the year 2009-10.

Leasehold Advisory Service: Managers

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what remuneration the Chief Executive of the Leasehold Advisory Service received in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Shahid Malik: The remuneration for the chief executive of the Leasehold Advisory Service with effect from 8 October 2008 is equivalent to £72,235 per annum.

Local Government Finance

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the amount of area-based grant will be in each of the next three years.

Rosie Winterton: The total of area based grant in 2010-11 is currently scheduled to be £4,776,748,906. This total is subject to change as departments contributing to ABG have the option to increase their previously announced allocations or to include new funding streams within ABG. Details of department allocations are available on the CLG website at the following link:
	www.communities.gov.uk/localgovernment/localgovernmentfinance/areabasedgrant/
	Spending plans for 2011-12 onwards have yet to be determined.

Local Government: East of England

Bob Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his plans are for the parliamentary timetable for secondary legislation in relation to local government restructuring in Norfolk, Suffolk and Devon.

Rosie Winterton: Following the High Court judgment in the case of Forest Heath District Council and Others v. the Boundary Committee for England, the Boundary Committee informed us that it was not able to provide the requested advice on unitary local government in Devon, Norfolk and Suffolk by 15 July. We agreed that the deadline for providing advice should be extended. Once it is clear when any appeal against the court's judgment may be determined a new date by which the Boundary Committee is requested to advise will be specified.
	The statute provides that the Secretary of State may not make a decision, about any unitary proposals put to him, within six weeks of the date the Committee has been requested to provide advice.
	Any Orders to implement unitary proposals in Norfolk, Suffolk or Devon would be laid before Parliament as soon as practicable after statutory decisions are taken.

Migration Impacts Fund

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which 200 projects will be funded under the Migration Impacts Fund; where each is based; what the purpose of each is; what the name of the recipient of funding in respect of each is; and how much each will receive.

Shahid Malik: On 9 July 2009 we announced the successful proposals for England to receive a share of the Migration Impacts Fund. The Fund is financed by a levy on migrants and provides £35 million across the UK for 2009-10 and, subject to a review in the autumn, a similar amount in 2010-11. This money will be used to reduce local pressure on public services and tackle illegal working practices. Councils and other frontline services have identified projects in their area that will make the biggest contribution to insulating them and local people against the impact of migration.
	A list of funding allocations for 2009-10 has been deposited in the Library of the House. This does not cover payments to voluntary sector bodies, or to enforcement agencies to protect existing workers in local areas as amounts are subject to funding agreements. Details of these payments will be published shortly.

Non-Domestic Rates: Appeals

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many business rate appeals the Valuation Tribunal Service has considered in each of the last five years.

Rosie Winterton: The following table sets out the number of national non domestic rate appeals, considered by the 56 valuation tribunals in England, in each of the last five years.
	
		
			  Total VT decisions on NNDR appeal types 
			   Number 
			 2008-09 8,101 
			 2007-08 13,825 
			 2006-07 23,779 
			 2005-06 36,581 
			 2004-05 34,725

Opencast Mining: Planning Permission

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will bring forward proposals to reduce the size of buffer zones between proposed opencast mining planning developments and residential housing in England to the size they are in Scotland.

John Healey: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Member for Hartlepool (Mr. Wright) on 3 February 2009,  Official Report, column 1156W. There is no current intention to review existing planning policy on opencast mining and introduce buffer zones in England.

Residential Property Tribunal Service

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many full-time equivalent employees the Residential Property Tribunal Service employs; what its budget for 2009-10 is; and how much it will receive in support from his Department in 2009-10.

Shahid Malik: The Residential Property Tribunal Service (RPTS) is an umbrella organisation for five regional panels which draw on a pool of tribunal members, including nine full-time equivalent (FTE) paid presidents and vice presidents. Although they receive funding for expenses and pay from the Department, members of tribunals are not Communities and Local Government staff. They are supported by 92.5 FTE administrative staff who are civil servants employed by Communities and Local Government. The total budget for the RPTS for 2009-10 is £11 million.

Social Rented Housing

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of social housing dwellings have received new tenants in each of the last five years.

John Healey: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the hon. Member for Hartlepool (Mr. Wright) on 18 May 2009,  Official Report, column 1198W.

Social Rented Housing: Low Incomes

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding will be provided from  (a) the National Affordable Housing Programme and  (b) other funding streams to meet regional affordable housing targets in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.

John Healey: Through Building Britain's Future we are investing, via the Homes and Communities Agency, over £7.5 billion in 2009-10 and 2010-11 from the National Affordable Housing Programme and other HCA programmes.
	With regard to regional targets, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley North (Mr. Austin) on 8 July,  Official Report, column 905W.

Social Rented Housing: Service Charges

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average annual service charges were for social housing run by  (a) local authorities,  (b) arms-length management organisations and  (c) housing associations in each region in England in the latest period for which figures are available.

John Healey: Information on average service charges is available for housing associations, through the Regulatory and Statistical Return, collected by the Tenant Services Authority. Most service charges are eligible for housing benefit, with the exception of heating and hot water charges.
	Table 1 gives average service charges eligible for housing benefit as at 31 March 2008 and is based on only general needs dwellings that have an eligible service charge.
	
		
			  Table 1: Average service charges by region for general needs stock owned by large registered social landlords, as at 31 March 2008 
			Benefit-eligible service charge 
			   Total stock (Units/beds paces)  Stock with service charge  Average for stock with service charge (£ per week) 
			 East Midlands 78,046 34,256 4.11 
			 East of England 176,712 67,786 4.08 
			 London 259,670 162,113 7.56 
			 North East 106,673 37,928 4.19 
			 North West 308,744 119,394 3.97 
			 South East 230,855 114,203 4.46 
			 South West 135,689 61,217 3.63 
			 West Midlands 183,624 95,447 3.83 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 139,602 55,339 4.32 
			 
			 England 1,619,615 747,683 4.83 
			  Notes: 1. Figures include data from all housing associations that completed the long version of the RSR and made a valid return (in general those HAs that own or manage 1,000 or more dwellings and/or bedspaces, including shared ownership dwellings). 2. The data covers general needs housing, including Estate Renewal Challenge Fund stock, but exclude all supported housing and housing for older people.  Source: Tenant Services Authority's Regulatory and Statistical Return (RSR), part Ia, 2008. 
		
	
	The average service charge ineligible for housing benefit in England, as at 31 March 2008, was £5.11 per week, based on 113,985 dwellings with an ineligible service charge.
	Comparable information is not available for local authorities and arms length management organisations.

Social Rented Housing: Standards

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding his Department has allocated in respect of the Decent Homes programme in 2009-10; and what funding he intends to allocate in 2010-11.

John Healey: The Department for Communities and Local Government investment in the Decent Homes programme will be provided through the housing revenue account (HRA) subsidy system in the form of local authorities' supported capital expenditure (SCE), arms length management organisations' supported borrowing allocations and major repairs allowance (MRA). The level of spending is reducing as landlords come to the end of the decent homes investment programmes.
	We have also reprioritised funding from the ALMO programme. On 17 July, I announced £150 million in 2010-11 would be reprioritised from this programme, to enable investment of a further £1.5 billion to build an extra 20,000 new affordable homes for rent and low cost sale. This includes a new role for local authorities in the delivery of housing, enabling them to build 3,000 additional council homes over the next two years, which is a four-fold expansion of the scheme announced at the Budget. 12 ALMOs that have not yet met the Audit Commission's two-star standard to be eligible for support are more likely to receive funding in 2011-12. We remain fully committed to complete the Decent Homes programme, and once completed, to seeing this standard maintained in the future. The reforms to the council housing finance system set out in the consultation document I published on 21 July will safeguard our commitment to future decent homes.
	
		
			  £ million 
			   2009-10  2010-11 
			 Local authorities supported capital expenditure 266 259 
			 ALMO supported borrowing allocations 896 609 
			 Major repairs allowance 1,277 (1)— 
			 (1) Not yet known.

Tenant Services Authority: Finance

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  what the budget for the Tenant Services Authority for 2009-10 is;
	(2)  how much he expects to give the Tenant Services Authority in grant-in-aid in 2009-10.

John Healey: I refer the hon. Member to the responses given by my hon. Friend the Member for Hartlepool (Mr. Wright) on 3 February, 23 March and 16 June 2009,  Official Report, columns 1160W, 78W and 202W respectively.

Departmental Catering

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the answer of 20 November 2008,  Official Report, column 752W, what subsidy his Department provided for staff dining facilities at Cockspur Street in 2008-09.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The Department paid £90,000 for staff catering facilities at Cockspur Street. In addition, the costs of running the kitchen are about £40,000.

Departmental Electronic Equipment

Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the answer of 25 November 2008,  Official Report, column 1336W, on departmental electronic equipment, how much  (a) his Department and  (b) its agency has spent on (i) flat screen televisions, (ii) DVD players and (iii) stereo equipment since November 2008.

Gerry Sutcliffe: Since November 2008 my Department and the Royal Parks Agency have spent the following:
	
		
			  £ 
			   DCMS  Royal Parks Agency 
			 Flat screen televisions 633.28 0 
			 DVD players 0 15 
			 Stereo equipment 0 400

Departmental Travel

Jeremy Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department and its agencies spent on travel in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Gerry Sutcliffe: holding answer 20 July 2009
	The travel and subsistence costs incurred by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and its agency body, the Royal Parks Agency in the 12-month period June 2008 to the end of May 2009 are as follows:
	
		
			   £ 
			 DCMS 444,677 
			 Royal Parks Agency 28,403 
		
	
	In addition, the Department also makes use of the Government Car Service for general ministerial duties, details of which were published in a written ministerial statement on 16 July 2009,  Official Report, column 80WS.
	Neither DCMS or RPA are able to separate travel costs from subsistence costs without incurring disproportionate costs.

Gambling Commission

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was claimed in expenses by staff of each grade at the Gambling Commission in the last 12 months.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The following table shows expenses claimed for each type by Gambling Commission staff between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2009.
	
		
			  Expenses claimed in 2008-09 
			  Type  £ 
			 Conference and hospitality(1) 6,399 
			 Information technology 858 
			 Office accommodation costs 78 
			 Office equipment and stationery 2,533 
			 Other 433 
			 Employee costs including professional fees and memberships 3,353 
			 Postage and telephone 2,404 
			 Publications 310 
			 Recruitment 240 
			 Training 1,226 
			 Travel and subsistence(2) 330,498 
			 (1) Including expenses that occurred at events staged by the Commission. (2) Travel and subsistence includes travel costs for routine travel undertaken by employees performing compliance and enforcement duties. This includes more than 50 compliance managers based around the country.

Gambling Commission

Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much each of the senior officials at the Gambling Commission spent on official  (a) hospitality,  (b) travel,  (c) office expenses and  (d) other expenses in the last 12 months.

Gerry Sutcliffe: The following table lists expenses claimed by type for the senior officials at the Gambling Commission in 2008-09.
	
		
			  Expenses claimed and expenditure incurred by Commission credit card (see definition) by senior officials of the Gambling Commission 2008-09 to the nearest £ 
			  Official  Hospitality (see note)  Travel (including related subsistence)  Office expenses  Other expenses 
			 Chief Executive 1,561 10,724 16 1,842 
			 Deputy chief executive 0 3,119 0 0 
			 Director of regulation (formerly director of operations) 839 4,205 40 1,283 
			 Director of corporate services 147 806 725 2,583 
			 Director of people and organisational development (formerly director of human resources) 0 136 0 0 
			 Director of policy and communications 0 825 0 1,427 
			 Director of licensing and compliance(2) 12 351 0 165 
			 Director of monitoring and enforcement(3) 101 101 0 0 
			 Corporate affairs director(4) 257 4,002 25 355 
			 Legal director(4) 0 27 0 0 
			 Director of finance(4) 41 77 0 413 
			 Director of strategy research and analysis(5) 0 146 0 523 
			 (1) to 31 October 2008 (2) to 3 January 2009 (3) to 20 July 2008 (4) from 1 November 2008 (5) from 10 November 2008  Note: The Commission's credit card has been used to pay for a range of goods and services including professional membership; occasional room hire, air travel booked online; meeting refreshments which are included under hospitality covering meals provided for Commission guests and their Commission hosts. The Commission does not provide any hospitality or entertainment in the wider sense of, for example, taking people to sporting or cultural events. Some of the entries relate to goods and services procured on behalf of other Commission employees and functions that do not hold an organisational credit card.

Glasgow

John Mason: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether he plans to visit Glasgow on official business during the summer adjournment.

Ben Bradshaw: None currently but having done a number of visits in England and one in Wales I am hoping to visit Scotland shortly.

Sports: Finance

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding his Department has allocated to the national governing body of each Government-funded sport in each of the last five years.

Gerry Sutcliffe: Sport England and UK Sport have advised that the following funding has been allocated to the national governing bodies of each Government-funded sport in each of the last five years:
	
		
			  Sport England funding 
			  £ 
			   Governing body  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Angling Angling Development Board (NFA, NFSA and STA) 135,000 185,000 0 40,000 0 
			 Archery Grand National Archery Society 30,000 15,000 15,000 0 0 
			 Athletics UK Athletics, AAA and England Athletics 605,000 775,000 367,000 748,480 1,048,480 
			 Badminton Badminton Association of England 802,990 951,069 519,533 753,403 1,699,876 
			 Baseball/Softball Baseball/Softball UK 41,000 0 0 0 0 
			 Basketball England Basketball 743,251 274,309 299,907 938,756 760,547 
			 Boxing Amateur Boxing Association 50,000 0 5,000 714,819 410,681 
			 Canoeing British Canoe Union 775,004 409,159 872,401 743,237 661,734 
			 Cricket England and Wales Cricket Board 2,475,064 4,811,127 6,397,110 2,983,223 4,216,640 
			 Cycling British Cycling 811,611 758,373 1,194,433 534,187 1,639,065 
			 Equestrian British Equestrian Federation 65,000 35,000 30,000 30,000 25,000 
			 Fencing British Fencing Association 50,000 50,000 30,000 0 0 
			 Football The Football Association 2,548,925 5,433,769 1,744,784 6,102,495 6,181,874 
			 Golf England Golf Partnership 189,000 149,000 412,552 379,511 670,741 
			 Gymnastics British Gymnastics 895,046 947,572 1,224,417 597,534 1,365,688 
			 Handball British Handball Association 7,000 7,000 3,500 0 0 
			 Hockey England Hockey 739,417 619,246 1,256,880 1,339,388 451,422 
			 Ice Skating National Ice Skating Association 25,000 25,000 25,000 0 0 
			 Judo British Judo Association 203,574 845,267 1,700,608 151,795 145,120 
			 Lacrosse English Lacrosse Association 159,000 289,333 10,000 25,000 25,000 
			 Mountaineering British Mountaineering Council 65,000 170,000 0 0 0 
			 Movement and Dance Exercise Movement and Dance Partnership (plus others) 98,001 106,500 27,000 4,750 0 
			 Netball England Netball 844,275 473,405 831,460 814,381 1,241,632 
			 Orienteering British Orienteering Federation 130,000 135,000 45,000 42,750 42,750 
			 Pentathlon Modern Pentathlon Association 8,500 0 0 0 0 
			 Petanque  4,583 0 0 0 0 
			 Real Tennis Tennis and Rackets Association 0 6,000 3,000 0 0 
			 Rounders National Rounders Association 32,000 100,000 0 50,000 0 
			 Rowing Amateur Rowing Association 1,110,792 464,077 927,179 624,076 1,271,378 
			 Rugby League Rugby Football League 525,574 371,537 1,427,644 2,749,052 1,418,622 
			 Rugby Union Rugby Football Union 6,772,941 2,879,564 4,000,262 4,278,455 6,379,890 
			 Sailing Royal Yachting Association 210,000 75,000 117,500 112,625 112,625 
			 Shooting English Target Shooting Association 8,125 6,500 0 0 0 
			 Skiing Snowsport England 40,000 40,000 30,000 0 0 
			 Squash England Squash 415,666 146,000 200,700 419,288 1,110,379 
			 Surf Life Saving Surf Life Saving Association of Great Britain 7,000 7,000 3,500 0 0 
			 Swimming Amateur Swimming Association 680,000 709,991 1,324,673 1,002,791 1,306,590 
			 Table Tennis English Table Tennis Association 627,700 222,426 1,909,369 165,445 1,287,945 
			 Tennis Lawn Tennis Association 2,008,562 4,331,032 2,937,865 5,710,276 2,815,020 
			 Tenpin Tenpin and Rackets Association 6,000 0 0 0 0 
			 Triathlon British Triathlon Association 75,000 75,000 15,000 225,000 20,000 
			 Tug of War Tug of War Association 3,521 3,250 1,500 0 0 
			 Volleyball English Volleyball Association 250,083 397,917 75,000 123,250 63,250 
			 Waterskiing British Water Ski 35,000 35,000 0 0 0 
			 Weightlifting British Weight Lifters Association 40,000 40,000 30,000 0 0 
			 Wrestling British Wrestling Association 10,000 10,000 5,000 0 0 
			 Yoga British Wheel of Yoga 10,000 6,000 0 0 0 
			 Total  25,369,205 27,391,423 30,019,777 32,403,967 36,371,949 
		
	
	
		
			  UK Sport funding 
			  £ 
			  Sport  2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-09 
			 Archery 0 50,000 283,904 264,101 334,509 
			 Archery—Paralympic 0 0 94,180 176,420 251,400 
			 Athletics 2,462,699 2,418,550 3,476,724 2,171,251 3,566,919 
			 Athletics—Scotland 111,000 29,000 23,000 0 0 
			 Badminton 3,758 0 98,687 858,501 597,702 
			 Baseball and Softball 9,000 107,100 170,000 170,000 0 
			 Basketball 0 0 0 1,939,010 1,823,069 
			 Bobsleigh 55,000 62,500 82,500 110,000 70,000 
			 Boccia 0 0 0 138,894 225,344 
			 Bowls 8,600 0 0 0 0 
			 Bowls—Wales 7,050 0 0 0 0 
			 Boxing 16,800 8,400 432,370 1,031,859 1,218,229 
			 Canoeing 808,819 477,000 979,000 1,001,509 1,473,186 
			 Caving 20,000 11,000 5,500 0 0 
			 Cricket—Scotland 16,594 0 0 0 0 
			 Curling 56,730 67,130 0 0 0 
			 Cycling 2,414,795 2,432,500 3,621,456 4,208,106 3,080,248 
			 Cycling—Paralympic 0 199,000 199,000 0 48,100 
			 Cycling—Scotland 8,297 8,297 0 0 0 
			 Disability Athletics 0 0 116,150 348,450 690,100 
			 Disability Fencing 0 0 0 53,670 137,745 
			 Disability Football 0 0 0  83,869 
			 Disability Swimming 0 0 75,000 104,983 606,078 
			 Disability Table Tennis 0 0 0 137,340 269,460 
			 Disability Tennis 0 0 41,500 162,700 167,600 
			 Diving 0 0 138,787 218,477 406,466 
			 Equestrian 805,755 287,000 1,334,484 2,432,915 2,509,447 
			 Equestrian—Scotland 1,281 0 0 0 0 
			 Fencing 140,000 50,000 285,958 514,089 638,198 
			 Football 2,000 0 0 0 86,331 
			 Football—Ireland 6,200 0 0 0 0 
			 Football—Scotland 0 6,378 0 0 0 
			 Gliding 40,000 40,000 40,000 40,000 20,000 
			 Goalball 0 0 4,000 56,000 55,000 
			 Golf 20,666 0 10,334 0 0 
			 Gymnastics 501,258 720,000 424,043 822,981 1,470,922 
			 Gymnastics—Scotland 4,994 5,269 0 0 0 
			 Handball 0 4,700 417,270 871,935 1,029,349 
			 Hang Gliding and Paragliding 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 15,000 
			 Hockey 70,000 21,780 2,419,453 2,536,331 1,953,291 
			 Hockey—Scotland 579 1,175 0 0 0 
			 Hockey—Wales  1,000 0 0 0 
			 Judo 872,535 282,000 457,009 576,033 653,613 
			 Judo—Visually Impaired 0 0 22,500 65,200 69,600 
			 Karate 65,000 0 0 0 0 
			 Lacrosse 73,500 0 24,500 0 0 
			 Modern Pentathlon 376,949 155,000 350,000 411,000 458,000 
			 Mountaineering 186,000 73,500 51,000 19,000 11,325 
			 Netball 6,258 0 0 0 0 
			 Netball—Wales 1,400 0 0 0 0 
			 Orienteering 122,000 220,000 220,000 250,000 200,000 
			 Orienteering—Scotland 12,000 1,630 0 0 0 
			 Orienteering—Wales — 1,932 0 0 0 
			 Parachuting 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 12,500 
			 Paralympic Skiing 0 0 20,000 15,000 71,500 
			 Paralympic Volleyball 0 0 16,800 0 213,392 
			 Powerlifting 0 0 0 99,138 208,162 
			 Rowing 2,160,617 2,439,789 6,343,283 5,886,241 4,271,504 
			 Rowing—Adaptive  0 159,000 0 0 
			 Rowing—Scotland 6,665 0 0 0 0 
			 Rugby—Ireland 3,386 0 0 0 0 
			 Rugby League 54,120 36,080 0 0 0 
			 Rugby Union—Scotland 69,664 17,415 0 0 0 
			 Rugby Union—Wales 8,000 0 0 0 0 
			 Rugby Union—Women 9,400 4,700 0 0 0 
			 Sailing 1,178,917 1,847,185 3,152,553 3,052,509 2,741,433 
			 Sailing—Northern Ireland 0 1,161 0 0 0 
			 Sailing—Paralympic 0 60,000 195,950 379,800 289,350 
			 Shinty 6,665 0 0 0 0 
			 Shooting 0 0 0 126,404 128,896 
			 Skating 163,750 129,000 64,500 0 292,202 
			 Skeleton 95,225 128,562 5,998 0 112,000 
			 Ski and Snowboard 126,668 160,000 154,000 244,000 329,323 
			 Squash—Scotland 16,594 0 0 0 0 
			 Swimming 1,335,175 334,200 1,877,357 1,535,370 1,897,822 
			 Swimming—Scotland 6,750 0 0 0 0 
			 Swimming—Wales 25,436 8,479 0 0 0 
			 Synchronised Swimming 0 0 154,192 461,427 636,844 
			 Table Tennis 3,758 9,680 351,408 385,442 450,795 
			 Taekwondo 0 40,000 274,383 360,293 333,880 
			 Target Shooting 291,248 180,000 523,125 956,700 1,154,811 
			 Target Shooting—Scotland 6,665 0 0 0 0 
			 Triathlon 239,500 322,000 165,500 355,000 450,413 
			 Volleyball 0 8,000 414,500 1,034,531 1,430,943 
			 Volleyball—Scotland 6,297 2,000 0 0 0 
			 Water Polo 0 0 327,332 866,986 1,026,498 
			 Water Skiing 150,000 189,170 207,500 220,000 220,000 
			 Weightlifting 105,948 90,000 166,650 427,050 377,144 
			 Wheelchair Basketball 40,000 55,000 123,700 295,100 310,400 
			 Wheelchair Curling 5,125 14,875 46,500 35,750 71,750 
			 Wheelchair Rugby — — 18,000 170,045 243,955 
			 Wrestling 75,000 20,000 275,730 338,590 436,942 
			 Grand total 15,553,089 13,894,137 30,991,270 38,991,131 41,932,560

Departmental Manpower

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of employees in his Department are  (a) women and  (b) men; and what the average hourly pay is of the (i) male and (ii) female employees.

Paul Goggins: The percentage of employees in the Northern Ireland Office and its agencies are 40.2 per cent. male and 59.8 per cent. female. The average hourly rate in the latest period for which figures are available for male employees is £11.94 and for female employees is £10.36.

Departmental Contracts

Lorely Burt: To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many contracts let by her Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such contracts was in each such year.

Tessa Jowell: My ministerial portfolio requires my Office to operate within both the Cabinet Office and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and this information will therefore be included in the answers provided by the Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Angela E. Smith) and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

Departmental Databases

Jennifer Willott: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what categories of personal information on members of the public will be held on each database expected to become operational in the next five years and which will be managed by her Office; what estimate she has made of the likely number of individuals' details each such database will hold when fully operational; and if she will make a statement.

Tessa Jowell: My ministerial portfolio requires my Office to operate across the estates of the Cabinet Office and Department for Culture, Media and Sport and this information will therefore be included in the answers provided by the Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Angela E. Smith) and the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

Olympic Games 2012: Carbon Emissions

Adrian Sanders: To ask the Minister for the Olympics what steps her Office is taking to  (a) define and  (b) measure the carbon footprint of the London 2012 Olympics.

Tessa Jowell: The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games has led a project to define and measure the carbon footprint of London 2012, working closely with the Olympic Delivery Authority and London Development Agency, and also stakeholders such as the Government Olympic Executive, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Greater London Authority.
	The outcome of the analysis will be published in the autumn alongside a carbon management strategy setting out how we are ensuring that carbon emissions are minimised, as part of our commitment to a genuinely sustainable 2012 Games, including by making sustainable choices during procurement, by reducing energy at source and by minimising waste at every stage.

Administration of Justice: Domestic Visits

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many official visits have been undertaken by the Government's Crime and Justice Adviser in the last six months; when each such visit was undertaken; what the  (a) purpose and  (b) cost was of each such visit; and in which constituency each such visit was undertaken.

Alan Campbell: holding answer 21 July 2009
	 The Government's Crime and Justice adviser has undertaken 12 official visits in the last six months as part of the work to ensure that crime is tackled and justice delivered more visibly and in response to community priorities
	Dates and locations are as follows.
	
		
			  Destination  Purpose  Constituency  Cost( 1)  (£) 
			  24 February 2009
			 London to Nottingham Speech and official visits to raise levels of involvement by local people in work to tackle crime and to ensure local services are responsive to local people's needs on crime and justice Nottingham, North and South 365.19 
			 Nottingham—Bulwell, Broxtowe
			  25 February 2009
			 Nottingham—Bestwood, Central
			 Nottingham to Southampton
			 
			  25 February 2009
			 Nottingham to Southampton Speech and official visits to raise levels of involvement by local people in work to tackle crime and to ensure local services are responsive to local people's needs on crime and justice Southampton, Itchen 261.47 
			  26 February 2009
			 Southampton—Polygon, Central
			 Southampton to London
			 
			  21 April 2009
			 London to Liverpool Speech and official visits to raise levels of involvement by local people in work to tackle crime and to ensure local services are responsive to local people's needs on crime and justice Liverpool, Riverside and Liverpool, Walton 648.60 
			 Liverpool—Liverpool 8
			  22 April 2009
			 Liverpool—Central, Walton Hall Park (Liverpool 4), Kirkdale
			 Liverpool to London
			 
			  27 April 2009
			 London to Surrey Visit to Surrey police to discuss local work Spelthorne 50.12 
			 Surrey to London
			 
			  29 April 2009
			 London Visit to Community Payback project—to raise levels of involvement by local people in work to tackle crime and to ensure local services are responsive to local people's needs on crime and justice Poplar and Canning Town 213.50 
			 
			  11 June 2009
			 London to Middlesbrough Speech and official visits to raise levels of involvement by local people in work to tackle crime and to ensure local services are responsive to local people's needs on crime and justice South Shields and Sunderland, North 1,297.10 
			 Middlesbrough—Gresham, Pallister Park, Cargo Fleet
			 South Tyneside—South Shields
			  12 June 2009
			 South Tyneside—South Shields
			 Sunderland—Southwick
			 Sunderland to London
			 
			  16 June 2009
			 London to Liverpool Speech and official visits to raise levels of involvement by local people in work to tackle crime and to ensure local services are responsive to local people's needs on crime and justice St. Helens, North, Knowsley, South and Liverpool, Riverside 661.98 
			 St. Helens—Moss Lodge, Parr
			 Knowsley—Huyton
			 Liverpool—Central
			  17 June 2009
			 Liverpool to London
			 
			  18 June 2009
			 London to Birmingham Official visit on Community Payback in Birmingham Birmingham, Erdington 537.46 
			 Birmingham—Witton Lake
			 Birmingham to London
			 
			  19 June 2009
			 Tower Hamlets, London Speech and visit to Community Payback project—to raise levels of involvement by local people in work to tackle crime and to ensure local services are responsive to local people's needs on crime and justice Bethnal Green and Bow, Vauxhall 107.07 
			 Vauxhall, London
			 
			  21 June 2009
			 London to Bradford Speech and official visits to raise levels of involvement by local people in work to tackle crime and to ensure local services are responsive to local people's needs on crime and justice Bradford, South, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Pontefract and Castleford 670.15 
			 Bradford—Central
			  22 June 2009
			 Bradford—Central
			 Kirklees—Deighton, Lees
			 Wakefield—Castleford
			 Wakefield to London
			 
			  7 July 2009
			 Barking and Dagenham, London Official visit to raise levels of involvement by local people in work to tackle crime and to ensure local services are responsive to local people's needs on crime and justice Barking and Dagenham 168.25 
			 
			  16 July 2009
			 London to Hull Speech and official visits to raise levels of involvement by local people in work to tackle crime and to ensure local services are responsive to local people's needs on crime and justice Kingston upon Hull, West and Hessle, Kingston upon Hull, North, City of York 680.81 
			 Hull—Priory Drive, Shawpark Playing Field, Courtland Road
			 York
			  17 July 2009
			 York to London
			 (1) Costs include local transportation as necessary for Louise/members of local staff/local residents and hotels, meals, rail fares and taxi transfers.

Alcoholic Drinks: Young People

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
	(1)  how many prosecutions were brought against public house licensees for serving alcohol to minors in each local authority area within the ceremonial county of Hampshire in each of the last five years; and how many such public houses closed after the licensee was convicted in such cases;
	(2)  how many prosecutions were brought against retail store licensees for serving alcohol to minors in each local authority area within the ceremonial county of Hampshire in each of the last five years.

Alan Campbell: Information showing the number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for 'selling alcohol to persons under 18' in the Hampshire police force area 2003 to 2007 (latest available) is contained in the table. Information held centrally cannot be broken down to local authority area.
	It is not possible to differentiate between sales on and off premises in the court proceedings database or to identify which premises closed after being convicted of the above offence.
	2008 data will be available in the autumn of 2009.
	
		
			  Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for selling alcohol to persons aged under 18( 1) , by offence, Hampshire police force area 2003 to 2008( 2, 3) 
			   2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			   Proceeded against  Found guilty  Proceeded against  Found guilty  Proceeded against  Found guilty  Proceeded against  Found guilty  Proceeded against  Found guilty 
			 Selling intoxicating liquor to persons under 18 for consumption on the premises — — 9 7 11 8 2 — — — 
			 Sale of alcohol to person under 18 — — — — — — — — 4 4 
			 Total — — 9 7 11 8 2 — 4 4 
			 (1) Selling alcohol to persons under 18 includes the following offences; (a) Holder of occasional permission or his agent knowingly selling to, knowingly allow consumption by or allowing any person to sell, intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. Selling etc intoxicating liquor to person under 18 for consumption on the premises. (b) Wholesaler selling intoxicating liquor to a person under 18. (c ) Sale of alcohol to person under 18. (d) Allowing sale of alcohol to person under 18. (e) Persistently selling alcohol to children. (2) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.  Source: Evidence and Analysis Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform Ref: IOS 366-09 and 367-09.

Asylum

Stephen Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many legacy asylum cases have been resolved since July 2006.

Phil Woolas: In her update to the Home Affairs Select Committee, Lin Homer the UK Border Agency Chief Executive has stated that 197,500 older asylum cases have been resolved, up to 31 May 2009. The Case Resolution Directorate have made good progress and remain committed and on track to conclude these cases by summer 2011.

Crime: Prevention

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which projects have  (a) been funded or  (b) had funding allocated to them from the crime prevention budget in the 2009-10 financial year.

Alan Campbell: The Home Office does not have a single crime prevention budget. Funding through the Local Area Agreements and support for Crime and Disorder Partnerships, including police funding, all contributes to locally agreed work to prevent crime.
	In addition to this, the Home Office funds projects and initiatives targeted at preventing crime through: offender-based interventions (to reduce recidivism); diversion and deterrence, especially around young people and those exposed to the problems of drug and alcohol misuse, antisocial behaviour, delinquency, chaotic families and poor parenting; support for victims, particularly victims of sexual or domestic violence (to reduce repeat victimisation and encourage the reporting of crime); improved local agency responses to antisocial behaviour and crime problems; and advice and practical measures of support for members of the public.
	Funding goes towards national initiatives, support for police and other crime-reduction partners in the development and use of new techniques, tools and powers, and grants for third sector organisations for the delivery of Home Office programmes or to support innovative approaches that contribute to crime reduction. In terms of national initiatives, programme and capital expenditure for 2009-10 has been planned for the following areas:
	 Acquisitive crime
	1. Preventing serious acquisitive crime, including the Safer Homes Action Against Burglary projects, the Vigilance Programme, and funding towards AVCIS (the ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service).
	 Public space violence
	2. Tackling gang-related crime, and preventing gun and knife-related violence, including the Community Fund grant programme for voluntary and community sector organisations located in areas where gun and knife crime are a particular problem.
	3. Tackling serious youth violence, including the Tackling Knives Action Programme.
	4. Preventing the incidence of hate crime, including through the Government's Victims' Fund and the delivery of the hate crime action plan.
	 Sexual and domestic violence
	5. Supporting sexual and domestic violence victims, including funding for multi-agency risk assessment conferences, and the expansion of ISVA (independent sexual violence adviser) services and sexual assault referral centres.
	6. Reducing violence against women, including the "Together We Can End Violence against Women and Girls" public consultation.
	7. The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Pilots.
	8. Preventing the incidence of other forms of inter-personal violence, including funding for the Forced Marriage Unit and a cross-Government co-ordinator on female genital mutilation.
	 Youth crime, antisocial behaviour, and community justice
	9. Youth Crime Action Plan initiatives.
	10. Youth Justice Board crime prevention initiatives.
	11. Supporting members of the public and local agencies in dealing with antisocial behaviour, including the Antisocial Behaviour Action Squad.
	12. Piloting a community justice panel.
	 Wildlife crime
	13. Funding towards the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit.
	 Preventing re-offending
	14. Offender-based intervention, including the Prolific and other Priority Offenders programme, Drug Interventions Programme, and encouraging the take-up of Integrated Offender Management approaches.
	 Alcohol and drugs misuse
	15. The 2008 drug strategy delivery programme, including pilots to test new approaches to drug treatment and a national cannabis cultivation coordinator.
	16. Named drug workers within youth offending teams.
	17. Piloting family drug and alcohol courts.
	18. Alcohol Arrest Referral pilots.
	19. Improving alcohol law enforcement, including a programme of training and guidance for local practitioners.
	20. The Positive Futures social inclusion programme for disadvantaged and socially marginalised young people.
	21. Drugs licensing and compliance (issue of licences to companies and individuals within England, Wales and Scotland who wish to produce, supply, possess or import/export controlled drugs).
	 Partnerships
	22. Grant funding support for crime third sector organisations, including the Crimestoppers Trust and the Neighbourhood Watch movement.

Crime: Suffolk

Richard Spring: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of crimes committed in Suffolk resulted in  (a) a caution,  (b) a fixed penalty notice and  (c) a conviction in each of the last five years.

Alan Campbell: Information is not available in the form requested as it is not possible to track individual offences through to their outcome at court. The available information relates to the number of offences recorded and detected by means of a caution or penalty notice for disorder in Suffolk in each financial year. Convictions data is based on the number of offenders and has been provided by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. These data are published on a calendar year basis and are counts of persons classified by their principal offence.
	For these reasons the two datasets are not directly comparable.
	Table 1 gives the police recorded crime data for Suffolk. Table 2 provides data on the number of offenders convicted for all offences.
	
		
			  Table 1: Offences recorded by the police in Suffolk 
			   Number of offences  Number detected by a caution  Percentage detected by a caution  Number detected by a penalty notice for disorder  Percentage detected by a penalty notice for disorder 
			 2004-05 52,101 3,161 6 173 0 
			 2005-06 52,831 4,236 8 526 1 
			 2006-07 51,096 4,047 8 1,206 2 
			 2007-08 48,330 4,096 8 1,661 3 
			 2008-09 46,504 4,004 9 1,733 4 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Offenders convicted at all courts for all offences in Suffolk( 1, 2) 
			   Number of convictions 
			 2003 16,098 
			 2004 18,685 
			 2005 19,320 
			 2006 17,817 
			 2007 17,405 
			 (1) These data are on the principal offence basis. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Criminal Records Bureau

Tom Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the longest time taken for the completion of a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)  (a) standard and  (b) enhanced disclosure check was in each year since the inception of the CRB.

David Hanson: The performance of the CRB remains good and in 2008-09 the CRB exceeded its targets for issuing 90 per cent. of all standard checks within 10 days and issued 88 per cent of all Enhanced checks in 28 days. In 2008-09, the CRB witnessed an unprecedented increase in demand for its service which caused a dip below the 90 per cent. target for processing Enhanced checks in 28 days.
	The disclosure process comprises broadly of several stages involving the applicant, the registered body (RB) (the organisation that handles the application on behalf of an employer), the CRB and the police. Each stage is reliant on the accuracy of the data provided by the applicant and the subsequent verification of this data by the RB from the outset.
	A number of factors can cause delays, including the length of time it can take for an employer to deal with the initial application; the accurate completion of the application form; the clarity of the information provided; the existence of conviction or non-conviction information and the operational effectiveness of the Disclosure Units of the police forces involved in the enhanced disclosure process following recent high volumes of applications.
	The majority of applications spend between three and four days at the CRB and analysis undertaken by the Bureau has shown that the majority of delays that occur do so before the CRB receives an application and after it has been sent to the police.
	The CRB have set up an improvement plan with their delivery partners, including the police forces, to address the problems associated with delays. This is aimed at maintaining a balanced output of applications on the system while also reducing the number of cases that have been in process for more than five days. This work has started to show an improvement in turnaround times but the CRB will continue to monitor forces performance in line with their own performance.
	Where applications are returned to customers to acquire further information, reminders are issued but some customers can fail to provide this information or withdraw their application from the Bureau's systems where they no longer require their disclosure.
	The following table provides details of the longest time taken for the completion of a CRB standard and enhanced disclosure in each year since the inception of the Bureau. The figures have been calculated based on the date the disclosure was issued in each year, counting back from the date of completion.
	
		
			   Longest time taken in days - enhanced disclosure  Longest time taken in days - standard disclosure 
			 2002-3 406 345 
			 2003-4 684 692 
			 2004-5 954 803 
			 2005-6 1,189 1,198 
			 2006-7 1,414 1,203 
			 2007-8 1,680 1,512 
			 2008-9 1,606 864 
			 2009-10 1,434 393 
		
	
	It is likely that these applications will have been referred back to the applicant or Registered Body; the delays in issue are not necessarily representative of the Bureau's performance.

Departmental Databases

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 16 March 2009,  Official Report, column 918W, on departmental databases, what marketing campaigns have been targeted using ACORN data; and what ACORN codings were used in each such campaign.

Phil Woolas: We have used the ACORN "hard pressed" category to inform our marketing planning to tackle youth crime and antisocial behaviour, and acquisitive crime.

Departmental Postal Services

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department spent on Royal Mail services in each of the last two years.

Phil Woolas: The Department's payments to Royal Mail is set out in the following table.
	
		
			  £000 
			   2008-09  2007-08 
			 Core Home Office and UKBA 1,282 1,247 
			 Identity and Passport Service 1,134 1,931 
			 Criminal Records Bureau 2 3 
			 Total Home Office 2,418 3,181

Drugs

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much  (a) his Department and  (b) its agencies spent on the implementation of drugs policies in each category in each of the last 10 years.

Alan Johnson: Total expenditure on Home Office drugs programmes was captured within HM Treasury database on our previous strategic objective that fewer people's lives are ruined by drugs (and alcohol).
	The relevant figures for  (a) the Department are set out in the following table, whereas  (b) Home Office agencies whose strategic and operational activities include elements of our drugs policies do not budget specifically for them but for their overarching enforcement aims and objectives.
	Changes in the classification of funding in Spending Review 2000 mean that comparison with previous years is not possible.
	
		
			  Total expenditure by the Home Office on drugs 
			  £000 
			   Resource  Capital 
			 2000-01 0 0 
			 2001-02 1,825 0 
			 2002-03 80,619 0 
			 2003-04 96,351 0 
			 2004-05 206,904 2,174 
			 2005-06 200,382 800 
			 2006-07 211,472 1,390 
			 2007-08 199,450 774 
			 2008-09 180,688 500 
			  Note: Capital funding of £20,262,000 in 2006-07 and £19,702,000 in 2007-08 20,262 previously reported on to the HMT database erroneously included and classified Safer and Stronger Communities funding as Drugs expenditure. This is being corrected in the HMT database.  Source: HMT database.

Drugs

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate he has made of the monetary value of the illicit drugs market in the UK.

Alan Campbell: The most recent estimate by the Home Office of the value of the UK illicit drugs market was published in 2006, it estimates the value of the UK illicit drug market at between £4-6.6 billion for the reference year 2003-04.
	This estimate is based on six categories of illicit drugs: cannabis, amphetamines, ecstasy, powder cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin. The total market size is estimated at £4.6 billion in England and Wales and £5.3 billion in the UK as a whole. The margin of error for these estimates are wide; £3.5 billion to £5.8 billion for England and Wales, and £4.0 billion to £6.6 billion for the UK. In terms of total street value, crack and heroin account for the largest shares of expenditure (respectively 28 per cent. and 23 per cent.); cannabis and powder cocaine make up 20 and 18 per cent. of expenditure, while amphetamines and ecstasy have market shares of six and five per cent.
	 Reference:
	Pudney et al. (2006) 'Estimating the Size of the UK Illicit Drug Market' In Singleton, N. et al. (eds.) 'Measuring Different Aspects of Problem Drug Use: Methodological Developments'. Home Office Online Report 16,/06).

Emergency Services: Common Talk Groups

Paul Goodman: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to Baroness Neville-Jones of 13 July 2009,  Official Report, House of Lords, columns WA185-86, on emergency services: common talk groups, what the intended  (a) purposes and  (b) users are of (i) the Sharer Hailing Group, (ii) the Dedicated Government Agency Group, (iii) the Silver Level Inter-Agency Group, (iv) the three Bronze Level Inter-Agency Groups, (v) the All-User Interoperability Group and (vi) the Multi Agency Mutual Aid Group.

David Hanson: holding answer 20 July 2009
	The information is as follows:
	(a) The Sharer Hailing Group enables visiting sharer agencies within a police force area to make contact with the police control room.
	(b) The Dedicated Government Agency Group enables non-police enforcement agencies to carry out operations with the police.
	(c) The Silver level Inter-Agency Group is intended for Silver command use at incidents where all or some blue light agencies are present.
	(d) The Three Bronze level Inter-Agency Talk Groups are intended for Bronze operational use where all or some other blue light agencies are present.
	(e)The All-User Interoperability Group is owned and managed by Airwave Solutions Limited, the service provider, for use by their customers where appropriate.
	(f) The Multi Agency Mutual Aid Talk Group is a set of 10 talk groups owned and managed by Airwave Solutions for use as a supplement to other talk group arrangements.
	Users of each Talk Group are listed in the following table.
	
		
			  Talk g roup  Users 
			 (a) The Sharer Hailing Group Fire—Brigades 
			  Ambulance—Strategic Health Authorities, Primary Care Trusts, Air Ambulance 
			  Broadmoor Hospital 
			  Defence—Army, RAF (including RAF Search and Rescue), Navy, Guards Agency 
			  HM Revenue and Customs 
			  Department for Work and Pensions 
			  Gangmasters Licencing Authority 
			  Prisons Services 
			  Highways Agency 
			  Transport Scotland 
			  Traffic Wales 
			  Local Authority Warden Schemes 
			  CCTV Schemes 
			  Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 
			  Coastguards 
			  Royal National Lifeboat Institution 
			  UK Border Agency 
			  Other minor single users. 
			 (b) The Dedicated Government Agency Group HM Revenue and Customs Department for Work and Pensions 
			  Gangmasters Licencing Authority 
			  Immigration Service 
			  Prisons Services 
			 (c) The Silver Level Inter-Agency Group Fire Ambulance Defence—Army, Royal Air Force (RAF) (including RAF Search and Rescue), Navy, Guards Agency HM Revenue and Customs Prisons Services Highways Agency Transport Scotland Traffic Wales UK Border Agency 
			 (d) The three Bronze Level Inter-Agency Groups, Fire - Brigades Ambulance - Strategic Health Authorities, Primary Care Trusts, Air Ambulance Broadmoor Hospital Defence—Army, RAF (incl RAF Search and Rescue), Navy, Guards Agency HM Revenue and Customs Department for Work and Pensions Gangmasters Licencing Authority Prisons Services Highways Agency Transport Scotland Traffic Wales Local Authority Warden Schemes CCTV Schemes 
			  Coastguards Royal National Lifeboat Institution UK Border Agency 
			 (e) The All-User Interoperability Group All organisations that have access to Airwave. 
			 (f) The Multi Agency Mutual Aid Group All organisations that have access to Airwave (incl all above) have access to these talk groups. All organisations that have access to Airwave.

Fixed Penalties

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many penalty notices for disorder have been issued in respect of each offence by each police force in each year since 2002.

Claire Ward: I have been asked to reply.
	The number of penalty notices for disorder (PNDs) issued from 2004 to 2007 (latest available) in England and Wales, broken down by police force area and offence are shown in tables which have been placed in the House Library.
	PNDs were made available to all 43 police forces in England and Wales from April 2004.
	PND data for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.

IMPACT Programme

James Brokenshire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the IMPACT Programme is expected to be fully operational; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the programme.

David Hanson: The IMPACT Programme is on track to commence deployment of the Police National Database (PND) capabilities in 2010.
	As part of the IMPACT Programme, the Impact Nominal Index (INI) was delivered on time in December 2005. A code of practice on the Management of Police Information (MoPI) was published in July 2005 and came into effect in November 2005. Detailed guidance was published in April 2006. The IMPACT Programme continues to assist forces in bringing about the required business change to effect successful compliance with the code of practice and the guidance by 2010.
	The cost of the IMPACT Programme (INI, MoPI and PND) from 2005 through to 2011-12 is estimated to be £244.2 million, including historical costs and contingency funds.

National Wildlife Crime Unit: Finance

Tim Farron: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much it cost to run the National Wildlife Crime Unit in each of the last 10 years.

Alan Campbell: The current National Wildlife Crime Unit was created in April 2006, after National Crime Intelligence Service (NCIS) was disbanded. Previously there was a Wildlife Crime Unit within NCIS. The unit received funding of £308,417 in 2006-07, £476,296 in 2007-08, £403,412 in 2008-09 and has been budgeted at £437,919 for 2009-10.

Neighbourhood Policing Publicity Campaign: Finance

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on marketing, public relations, communications and advertising in the 2008.

David Hanson: The Spring 2008 Neighbourhood Policing Campaign was intended to inform the public that for the first time every neighbourhood in England and Wales had a neighbourhood policing team in their area and how to contact them. In the financial year 2007-08 the Home Office spent £1,179,754.00 on marketing, public relations, and advertising on this campaign.

Patrol Craft: Finance

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the  (a) capital and  (b) operating cost of patrol vessels operated by HM Revenue and Customs and the UK Border Agency in each of the last 10 years.

Alan Johnson: The running costs (including fuel, repairs, defects, spares, refits, maintenance, berthing and ancillary costs) and capital costs (including vessel replacements) for the last 10 years are as follows:
	
		
			  £ 
			  Financial year  Running  Capital 
			 1999-2000 2,256,000 0 
			 2000-01 1,840,000 5,300,000 
			 2001-02 1,893,000 3,020,000 
			 2002-03 1,999,600 3,100,000 
			 2003-04 1,446,410 4,584,100 
			 2004-05 1,626,830 1,421,600 
			 2005-06 1,840,850 0 
			 2006-07 1,625,380 0 
			 2007-08 2,580,380 100,000 
			 2008-09 2,508,700 0

Police: Pensions

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of payments made to police pensioners aged  (a) under 50,  (b) between 51 and 55,  (c) between 56 and 60,  (d) between 61 and 65 and  (e) 65 and over was in (i) the latest year for which figures are available, (ii) 1997, (iii) 2001, (iv) 2005 and (v) 2007.

David Hanson: Information on expenditure on payments to police pensioners by age group is not held centrally.
	Before 2006-07 the previous pay-as-you-go system of financing was in operation, under which police pensions were paid out of forces' operating accounts. Information about the total level of pensions expenditure net of officer contributions is included in the annual reports published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). This information is gathered independently of the Home Office.
	Total expenditure on police pensions in payment in 2007-08 to retired officers and police survivors was £2.096 billion.

Police: Powers

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell of 20 May 2009,  Official Report, columns 1467-68W, on police: powers, what definition of the term front-line policing he uses.

David Hanson: The detailed definition of the front-line policing measure is given in the Guidance on Statutory Performance Indicators for Policing. Copies of the definition of the measure have been placed in the House Library.

Rape

Nigel Waterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of rape have been reported  (a) in England and Wales,  (b) in East Sussex and  (c) in Eastbourne in each of the last five years; and how many of these resulted in (i) a prosecution and (ii) a conviction.

Alan Campbell: Information is not available in the form requested as it is not possible to track individual offences through to their outcome at court. The available information relates to the number of offences of rape recorded by the police in the last five financial years. Prosecutions and convictions data are based on the number of offenders and has been provided by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. These data are published on a calendar year basis and are counts of persons classified by their principal offence. For these reasons the two datasets are not directly comparable.
	Table 1 gives the number of offences of rape recorded by the police in England and Wales, Sussex and Eastbourne. Data for East Sussex are not available.
	Table 2 provides data on the number of defendants proceeded against and convicted for all rape offences for England and Wales and Sussex. Data for East Sussex and Eastbourne are not available.
	
		
			  Table 1: Offences of rape recorded in England and Wales, Sussex and the Eastbourne Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership area 
			  Financial year  England and Wales  Sussex  Eastbourne 
			 2004-05 14,013 458 52 
			 2005-06 14,443 424 37 
			 2006-07 13,774 440 37 
			 2007-08 12,639 309 38 
			 2008-09 13,133 370 37 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for rape and attempted rape offences, Sussex police force area and England and Wales, 2003 to 2007( 1, 2) 
			   2003  2004  2005  2006  2007 
			   Proceed against  Found guilty  Proceed against  Found guilty  Proceed against  Found guilty  Proceed against  Found guilty  Proceed against  Found guilty 
			 Sussex police force area 41 18 54 13 65 12 58 13 43 26 
			 England and Wales 2,790 673 2,689 751 2,826 796 2,567 863 2,363 873 
			 (1) These data are on the principal offence basis.  (2 )Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Serious and Organised Crime Agency: National Police Improvement Agency

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effect of the additional £20 million in capital funding to improve the estates of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency and the National Police Improvement Agency brought forward from 2010-11 to 2009-10 and 2008-09 on  (a) installation and development of high technology systems,  (b) enhanced intelligence gathering and  (c) the redeployment of posts out of London as part of the Lyons relocation policy; and how much of the funding has been spent in each month since it was announced.

Alan Campbell: The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has £10 million of capital funding advanced from 2010-11 to 2009-10. This expenditure is not expected to impact directly on the development of high technology systems, or enhanced intelligence gathering. It is not linked to the redeployment of posts out of London.
	This funding will enable an acceleration of planned improvements to office, classroom and other facilities at the NPIA site at Ryton-on-Dunsmore in the West Midlands. This is a multi-function site providing specialist training and operational support to the police service and security agencies.
	Work is scheduled to take place in second half of the 2009-10. No spending has occurred to date.
	Early availability of capital funds has enabled investment in the Serious Organised Crime Agency's (SOCA) physical infrastructure and technical capability. Preparatory work has started on the capital projects that had previously been scheduled for 2010-11. Long lead-in times for delivering these investments mean that the impact will not be felt until 2010-11 and beyond.
	SOCA's capital budget for 2009-10 included expenditure and delivery of technology to support both SOCA's High Volume Operating Model and the collection and analysis of a wide range of information.
	SOCA has contributed to the Lyons targets for relocating posts out of London by the integration of some sites. This will be enhanced by the relocation of 130 posts from London to the north-west in 2010-11.

Serious and Organised Crime Agency: Northern Ireland

Owen Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the Asset Recovery Agency cases based in Northern Ireland were taken up by the Serious Organised Crime Agency; and how many have resulted in  (a) prosecutions and  (b) seizure of assets.

Alan Campbell: The Serious Organised Crime Agency is a UK-wide agency and does not collate statistics on a regional basis, as many crimes, by their nature, do not respect regional boundaries.
	All of the Assets Recovery Agency's cases were transferred to SOCA when the two agencies merged. Asset recovery investigations under the Proceeds of Crime Act's criminal confiscation, civil and tax recovery provisions cannot lead directly to prosecution. In 2008-09 (having gained civil recovery and tax powers in April 2008), SOCA enforced civil recovery orders and tax assessments and collected £16.7 million.